RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1874.05.08-15. Globulin soaked for nearly a day / Proof sheet of Expression. CUL-DAR57.11. (John van Wyhe ed., 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 1.2023. 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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Globulin soaked for nearly a day (& left in water)

4 leaves. May 8th /74/ 7º 37' A.m.

12º some inflection

2 30 do— not very strongly marked

4º 30 submarginals & discals inflected

6 45 consid. inflection of neighbouring tentacles but not very great but they are small splinters

May 9th. 7º 30' Am consid. inflect. in 2 leaves; moderate in other 2

― 12th 3 leaves were all open yesterday examined them today — Angles as sharp as ever possibly softer than water specimen— but two below will be best to examine, as more closely inflected

May 9' 7º 40 put 2 leaves to immersed in water with fragments of globulin since May 7th

some inflection 9º. 40' 10º 30. very great inflection of both leaves

12º tremendously inflected, every tentacle & lamina.—

May 9th 7º 45' 4' sticks with line. 4 goodish sized pieces of globulin with small drop of distilled water.

(9º some inflection.) 9º. 35' decided inflection in 1 leaf (12º very marked inflection)

3º great inflection in 2 or 3 of specimen

5º Lamina of 3 inflected

(Try leaf with solution)

(10th 8º all tremendously inflected

(11º do

12º do 1 leaf opened

13' 5 3 leaves still inflected

14º do) (1 open & globulin angular

May 15th 8º 2 more expanded; the 4th yet contracted; angular sharp; perhaps a little more softened than water spec. longer in water.

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[Proof sheet with corrections of Expression, published, p. 233.]


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