RECORD: Darwin, C. R. [1872-1873]. ['On the movement of the leaves of Drosera'], folio 24. CUL-DAR61.72. (John van Wyhe ed., 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed and edited by John van Wyhe 2.2026. RN2
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).
The volume CUL-DAR61 contains Darwin's draft essay 'On the movement of the leaves of Drosera', written 1872-1873. He intended to publish this with a revised edition of Climbing plants before commencing a larger book draft in April 1874 which became Insectivorous plants. See the introduction to this essay by John van Wyhe.
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Masses. Hence in this case the absorption & consequent segregation proceeds much more quickly & in a reversed direction So that the process occurs [3 words illeg] in a [4 words illeg] to what occurs when a bent & uncut stem is [illeg], & when the absorption taking place is affected by the
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[See Insectivorous plants, p. 347.]
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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