RECORD: Darwin, C. R. [1874].09.26. I pressed bladder greatly & saw bubble & water come out. CUL-DAR59.2.84. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 11.2021. 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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Sept 26th I pressed bladder greatly & saw bubble & water come out -- as soon as I released pressure & bladder sprang to former diameter sucked in air. Bladder not rupture, as I saw by examination & by trying to drive air out of any other point
Rim at nearly ∠ to ventral surface
(U. vulgaris) (Spec. with only 3 spines on exterior border of peristome.
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