RECORD: Darwin, C. R. [ny].03.16. Arachis. CUL-DAR209.9.6. 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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With W Arachis The plants of Arachis (tried on March 16th) had 7 stems or 6 & of the 22 free leaves 5 were injured & all 5 were on the two stems, bearing the 4 leaves which were pinned to cork-supports & thus kept motionless. —

With Oxalis carnosa — all (March 16) all the 7 free injured leaves were on formed part of same bran cluster of leaves of which some had been pinned to cork


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