RECORD: Darwin, C. R. CUL-DAR57.52. (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).
52
Abstract of Water Exper.— May 27 to June 11 / 74
at same time with Phosphate Abstract made Jun 16 74
page no |
leaves with 6 or less inflected [illeg] 1 to 6 inflect |
Leaves with more than 6 inflect |
1 |
0 |
45 inflected, after 6h only 10 considerably |
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1 2 0 |
7 do |
2 |
1 2 0 |
20 inflected, but only after 3h 30m, after 9h rexpanded |
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35 inflected, after 6h all but 6 reexpanded |
3 |
1 2 0 |
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4 |
2 3 |
17 |
5 |
2 4 2 |
25 in:, after 9h all rexpanded |
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9 in: |
6 |
1 2 |
50 in, after 7h about 22 inflect |
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7 inf |
7 |
2 3 1 |
32 after 8h all reexpanded |
8 |
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12 infl |
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42, after 10h only 4 sub-inflect |
9 |
2 3 1 |
20 , after 8h. lam. a little bowed |
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8, after 8 all reexpanded |
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9 20 12 |
14 = 35 in all |
—These results show how wonderfully more sensitive plants are raised during winter in cool Hothouse & brought from there to my study
(Do not say that I omit long-Headed for I do not)
Abstract of The former Observation on the 106 leaves
24 |
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11 marginals. |
― |
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8 |
21 |
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9 |
19 |
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9 |
2 |
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9 |
7 |
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6 |
9 |
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7 |
10 |
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13 |
― |
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6 |
11 |
Hothouse |
12 |
16 |
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6 13 |
― |
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17 |
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8 |
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12 9 not counting the 13 |
These 2 lists conjoined making 141 leaves 106 [+] 35 [=] 141 leaves very carefully observed
45. [+] 20 [+] 38 [+] 17 [+] 25 [+] maximum— 50 [+] 32 [+] 12 [+] 42 [+] 20 } Hothouse [+] 10 [÷] 8 [+] 23 (for list of 106 [=] 295 [÷] 9 [=] 32.6 average
list with 20 to 6 inclusive 19 to 7 inclusive
7 [+] 9 [+] 7 [+] 8 [+] 14 [+] 17 [+] 12 } Hot House list [+] 11 [+] 8 [+] 9 [+] 9 [+] 7 [+] 13 [+] 12 [+] 8 [=] 127 [÷] 14 [=] 9.0 averaging 9 (full measure)
Therefore we have 9 out of 141 with numerous tentacles give list inflected; & 14 with from 19 to 7 in [illeg] (averaging 9 tentacles inflected) & 32 with from 6 to 1 inflected — so that 55 out of the 141 had none inflected
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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