RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1880.01.26. In the case of the Bean the arching of the tip of Epicotyl. CUL-DAR209.6.32. 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).
Notes for Movement in plants. Text F1325
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Jan 26 80. In the case of the Bean the arching of the tip of Epicotyl may apparently it appears at first as if it might be due to the confinement of the seed-coats, but this is not the cause, for with 2 several beans grown under unnatural conditions, [illeg] that is with the ends of the primary radicle cut off or pre compressed by wire bends were formed in the coaxel of the petioles of the cotyledons, & these had there tips arched though they were quite free from any confinement by of the seed-coats.
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