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July 30 1878 (To illustrate commonness of Heliotropic Action)

Many of the movements affected by the loss of water are beautifully adapted for the needs of plants —Such as the mount of the pollinia of the Orchideae — Some fo them vix Caylex, but the many could be doubted —Again the dispersion of seeds — Or again the allied absorption & drag fo the spiral arm of grasses &c &c — No doubt such movement in [illeg] common [illeg] and [illeg] to plants but perhaps wh came to a certain extent the palnts, & were then [illeg] & injured in many ways.—

N one will say that the [illeg] of the pollinia of O. pyramidalis was the chance result of the effect of the drying of caudicles — for stigma peculiar

No doubt in a method of plants as to parts [illeg] [illeg], there is [illeg] curvature & so it may with more for fifty generations, but let the [illeg] aid the plants in any of its needs & it will be [illeg] — viz if any [illeg] [illeg] Eliminated, (& it seem probably a curvature in the opposite direction guarded) — Suppose both sides [illeg] in dipping, but one side more than another then by stopping the [illeg] on one side, [illeg] on the opposite direction gained —

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