RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Abstract of Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 27. CUL-DAR209.9.19. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 7.2022. RN1
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The volume CUL-DAR209.9 contains materials for Darwin's book Movement in plants (1880).
[page] [19]
Cucurb.— not climbers from Dammara Land. S. Africa
Cots do not shut in the least at night
Linn. Transact. X XVII. tab. XI, XII p. 30
(for name)
Acanthosicyos horrida
short p. 135
p 50 —not worth reading
[Movement in plants, p. 304, note: "This plant, from Dammara Land in S. Africa, is remarkable from being the one known member of the Family which is not a climber; it has been described in 'Transact. Linn. Soc.,' xxvii. p. 30."]
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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