RECORD: Darwin, C. R. [1873]. [Drosera rotundifolia]. CUL-DAR56.119. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 2.2023. 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 volumes CUL-DAR 54-61 contain material for Darwin's book Insectivorous plants (1875).


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Water 12˚. 40; full 1/2 of marginal inflected — Heads Pink

X not a trace of action

C. of Amm. 12˚. 42' 47' 50'

almost every Hair inflected Heads black

(X) Enormous action every Hair even short curled one — Enormous action [illeg] 1/2 down Hairs & behind every long H & down stalk

X Water 1˚ about 1/2 long Heads inflected Heads Pink

Not a trace of action

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C. of am. 11˚. 50' 8 long-headed & round-headed inflected Plenty of spheres [behind] & beneath L.H. & some, many in some below round Heads

X Water 12˚ much pink only 3 or 4 inflected only trace of spheres behind L H. & few beneath r. H.

12. 7' C. of am (almost every marginal inflected Heads black Enormous action Back of Long Heads opake several Heads length down every round Head —Large Leaf

X 12. 20 Water 10 or 12 long H. inflected — round Head at ∟ Heads pink — Not a trace of action in L. H. Hardly a trace under R. H.

12˚ 30 C. of am. 1/2 long & round-heads inflected Heads blackened — enormous action two or three of R. H — Mass of cells behind & beneath most long-Heads


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