RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1880.01.05. Abronia umbellata. CUL-DAR209.6.4. 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. Abronia umbellata or Pink Sand Verbena is a small flowering annual plant native to western North America. It was first named and described by Lamarck in 1793.


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Jan 5th 1880 — Abronia umbellata

The fig 60— Angle of Heel rather too sharp— its shape is somewhat variable— see wh my notes on the bursting of the fruit by by this heel & its rapid gr development & its bursting the fruit.—


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