RECORD: Darwin, C. R. [1874]. Abstract of Water experiments. CUL-DAR57.26. (John van Wyhe ed., 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Text prepared and edited by John van Wyhe. 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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Abstract  (of Exclusive Water ie not in Comparison with Salts) of May 17 & 18th    Water Experiments

32 leaves all from Hot House (from 1 head almost all inflected) 

with 20 & upward inflected

with 19 to 7 both [illeg] inflected

with 6 to 1 both [illeg] inflected

with 0 inflected

 

50 ✔

7 ✔

 

0 ✔

 

50 ✔

19 ✔

3 ✔

 

 

50 ✔

9 ✔

2 ✔

0 ✔

 

30 ✔

6 ✔

1 ✔

0 ✔

 

───

───

───

0 ✔

 

4

4

4

0 ✔

 

 

 

 

0 ✔

 

 

 

 

0 ✔

✔ } almost all little subinflected

 

 

 

✔ 0

 

 

 

 

✔ 0

 

 

 

 

✔ 0

(}a leaves with almost all sub-inflected the leaves subinflected)

 

 

 

✔ 0

 

 

 

 

✔ 0

 

 

 

 

✔ 0

 

 

 

 

✔ 0

 

 

 

 

✔ 0

 

 

 

 

✔ 0

 

 

 

 

─────

 

 

 

 

16

 

 

 

 

12

 

 

 

 

28

 

 

 

 

3 leaves almost all subiinflected

 

 

 

 

1 with almst all inflected

 

 

 

 

──────

 

 

 

 

32

 



13 leaves [+] 18 [+] 36 [=] 67 173 [-] 4 — inflected or sub [=] 169 [-] 67 [=] 102

32 [+] 4 [=] 36

 

106 [+] 32 [=] 138    141 [+] 32 [=] 173


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