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27th at 8. 10' put 1 large old leaf. & one very tender very pale leaf in little cup, covered with glycerine 4 drops t 1 oz. & on 28th 8. 1 11. 45. not a trace of inflection !!    F

29th. 9.. Both leaves now have tentacles recovered; the old leaf in a most conspicuous degree. — Must be exosmose or death.—

Put 2 leaves in watch-glass with pure glycerine    29th    10. 40'

(30'    8. 15. (& so it was last night) all flaccid, shrivelled up & tentacles shrunk & in all sort of irregular positions.—   

Pure glycerine   

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June 26.    11.12' 4 large drops of glycerine Glycerine to 1. oz of water    95 Black round sticks.)    F

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(Pure glycerine put on 5 glands caused by Head of Pin these in few minutes t reach the surface. 9 try Olive oil) — June 29th Repeated this with same result)

(Minute drops of the sol. of 4 dropped drops t 1 oz    sometimes acted on single glands, but not often & caused only partial inflection ; & it is just possible that I may have touched glands .) 2 others have been acted on. I have no doubt acts.) Several have bent, but slowly, mixture rather weak) Jun 29th Repeated this with no success: perhaps I touched the glands before

(12. 59' 1.    3 red & yellow sticks pure glycerine 1/2 minim of 3 leaves .(3. several tentacles incurved rather irregularly)

27th 8. — gr leaves very hispid, very little inflection of tentacles — glands which have been touched are colourless. & killed.    F

27th    8.    no inflection from the 4 drops to 1 oz of water. — Two young X → leaves with rather colourless glands, now have their on disc quite colourless.    28th. 11. 30' These 2 latter tent in same state no inflection — put on meat on all 5. Black sticks.

29th    8. 15 all now splendidly inflected over meat (N.B in 2 of these ten leaves, the tentacles which were much inflected over the meat clearly secreted more than the non-inflected

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