RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 5.1874. Plants greenhouse 75-76° placed in water at 45°. CUL-DAR57.27-29. (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).


27

May 28' 74/    8O A.m
Plants greenhouse 75—76° placed in water at 45°

Dish I

 

8O

8O 30'

9 5'

10O

11 10'

1O & 2O 30'

4O 40'

(1)

very long stalk

little subinflected

same state

same

same

same

considerably reexpanded

(2)

rather long small leaf

 

 

 

O

 

O

(3)

shorter large leaf

tentacles rather upright

 

 

O

 

O

(4)

short.

 

 

 

O

 

O


Dish II

8O 5' — 5 leaves placed from above plant in distilled water at 75°
 

 

8O 5'

8O. 33;

9. 9'

10O

11O 10'

1O & 2O 30'

4O 40

(1)

leaf very long stalk

t. rather upright 9 or 10 inflected

same state

same

fewer sub-inflected

same state

 

(2)

2d stem with 2 or 3 inflected

& good del of inflected

30 or 40 subinflected

 

do not closely inflected

reexpanding

 

(3)

with bits of skin

O

a little upright

 

trace of sub-inflected

reexpanding

 

(4)

shorter

 

 

 

  a few sub-inflected

 

 

(5)

short

t. upright or subinflected

rather decidedly do

 

upright

 

 

 

(Dish III)

4 leaves from hot Plate in water at 57° temp. of room

 

8O 14

8O. 35'

9. 10'

10O

11O 10'

1O + 2O 30'

4O 40'

(1) longish

 

 

same

a little sub-inflection

same state

all fully reexpanded

 

(2) shorter longer leaf

t. upright

t. subinflected

 

O

 

 

 

(3)

 

 

 

 

O

 

 

(4)

smallest

 

 

 

O

 

 

28

Frankland Distilled Water    1874 — 5 dr. of water
May 17th       I do not think that I quite succeeded in not touching any
  

Put in

 

8O 30'

9. 30

10O 20'

12O

1O

2O 30'

4O

4O 40'

8O

2d largest stem

2 or 3 dozen ron-hed inflected

same state

same

same

same

I think opening

opening

all 6 almost fully rexpanded

middle do

O

O

O

do

 

 

 

 

short side

O

O

O

do

 

 

 

 

Dish nr 12

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8O 4'

longest st

O

O

a trace of sub-inflected

do

 

 

 

 

middle do

almost all sub- inflected

all subinflected

same st.

do

 

 

almost opening

 

short do.

almost all sub-inflected

all but 5 sub

same st.

 not all ( at 11O some aggregation ie after 2O. tentacles inflected

 

 

reopening

 


May 17'    very fine leaves out of hot-green House

Did I unconsciously pick out better leaves for the Phosphate

29

Frankland    Distilled Water    1/2 dr.
May 17' 1874  

 

9.

9. 32'

10O 35'

12O

1O

2O 25

4O

7O

18th ,7O 30' Am

(1)

 

3 sub-inflected

do

 

all same state

same

 

all same

disc & submarg inf

(2)

O

O

 

 

 

 

 

do much new inflection

 

(3)

 

several dozen say 50

same, closely inflct.

 

 

 

  

 

  do

(4)

9. 3' (2 inflected)

7 inflected

several & some sub-inflected

15 or 16 subinflected

 

I think opening

 

do

 

(5)

X

almost all inflected

same st

cut some up X—— 11O 10 some — aggregation in inflected tentacles }

 

 

 

 

 

(6)

 

a vast number say 50

same

same

 

same state

 

(18' 7O 30 much inflection in 5, 6, 7 & 8 on disc & all many submarginals)

 

(7)

 

19 inflected

same

same

 

 

 

 

 

(8)

9, 7O

several dozen say 50

same

same sta

 

 

 

 

 


 

10O 40'

11O 20

12O

1O

2O. 20'

4O

7O

(9)

 

2 inflected

same

all same state

same state

same state

same state

(10)

10. 40

 

same

 

 

 

 

(11)

10O 40'

1 inflected

same

 

 

 

 

(12)

10 42'

 

same

 

 

 

 

(13)

10O 43;

 

same

 

 

 

 

(14)

10O 44

1 inflected

same

 

trace of ring on disc

ring

 

(Walkers & Hopkins water)
N.B Perhaps by 10O 40; the plants had got accustomed to temp of room & of water
(18th    7O 30    discal & submarginal forming ring & subinflected in all these 6 specimens)

Total in these 3 sheets    14 [+] 6 [+] 13 [=] 33 [+] 141 [=] 174


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