RECORD: Darwin, C. R. [1874-1875]. Draft of Insectivorous plants. CUL-DAR57.31. Edited by John van Wyhe (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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the viscid secretion surrounding these glands with the one of the minute drops (1/20th of a minim) of the same a solution of one grain to two once of water; & all their tentacles became slightly inflected. Each of them could have received only the 1/172,800 1/57,600 of a grain of the Phosphate.)
(I made a large number of experiments as before by immersing cut off leaves in solutions of different strengths, & the results are astonishing.
It wd be superfluous to give the 1 experiment with the weakest solution of a gr./ βΈ®
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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