RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1879.04.02-13. Lactuca scariola. CUL-DAR209.9.34. 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).

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Ap. 2d. 1879 Lactuca scariola— cotyledons sleep well, almost vertical & some quite closed, whereas during day sub-horizontal.—

Ap. 13th. The movement of the Cots. last only whilst they are growing— now that they have grown large, no movement deserving to be called sleep.

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