RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Ranunculus ficaria. CUL-DAR209.6.160. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 12.2022. RN1
NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin. The volume CUL-DAR209.6 contains materials for Darwin's book Movement in plants (1880).
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Ranunculus ficaria — the young leaves, when they break through the ground, are arched, with the blade pointing downwards.—
When developed from the tuber alm growing not arched. — This looks as if pressure of soil had something to do with the process.
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