RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Citrate of Strychnine 1 gr to 1 oz. CUL-DAR60.1.100. (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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July 29' 10. 50'
(12) Citrate of Strychnia 1 gr to 1 oz
11. 33' a very few inflected
12. glands like porcelain
(12. 50', glands half-blackened (after 2.) & half dirty white opake — outer discals & some inner marginals inflected
(2. 48', after 4. all but 19 tents more or less inflected, most of them closely; put in pure water) This shows that there can be inflection after glands discolored.
(30' 8. 25' all but 26 inflected.)
(July 31 .11. 15' in same state. glands evidently killed & white, but pedicels of tent still purple.)
(13) do do do
(11. 33' several inflected)
12. glands like porcelain & half black
(12. 50;, about 1/3 of tent inflected ; after 2.
(2. 50' aft 4. about 32 tent more inflected, put in C. of Am 1 gr to 1 oz
(5. 25' lamina inflected, glands blackened)
(July 30' 8. 25, all but 5 inflected) so C. of Ammonia has acted: plenty of seg in tentacles, whether caused by Am or Starch, I do no know
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(14) Citrate of Strichnine 2 gr to 1 oz 10.. 54'
11. 34' (+) 6 (=) 40 all inflected tent. inflected & lamina quit doubled up
(2.. 53'. same state, put in pure water)
(July 30' 8. 40' same state) ; tentacles & glands all colourless ; all protoplasm aggregated into colourless balls glands & tentacles very tender & easily crushed — in some places a few purple spheres — the spheres sometime consist of very minute ones in chain, generally of fair-sized colourless ones, I cannot doubt leaf dead —
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(17) 29th 11. Glycerine 4 drop t 1 oz
(11. 35' /O/) (1., O)(3. ie. aft 4. p 7 or 8 over pedicel inflected gave it C. of Am 1 gr to 1 oz
(5.. 25' glands blackened, some inflection) (July 30', 8. 45' dead)
(18) do do. do
(11. 35' /O/) (1.,. O)(3., O)
July 30' 8. 45' glands darkened — segregation hardy an very little inflection
C. of
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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