RECORD: Darwin, C. R. [1881]. Absorption by roots / Mercurialis perennis. CUL-DAR62.44. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 5.2023. 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 volume CUL-DAR62 contains for Darwin's papers 'The action of carbonate of ammonia on the roots of certain plants', 1882, F1800 and 'The action of carbonate of ammonia on chlorophyll-bodies', 1882, F1801.
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Absorption by roots
Mercurialis perennis — Left in C. of A. (4 to 1000) for 26°— no aggregation visible externally — In the young white roots cells full of hyaline starch granules, coloured beautifully blue by sta iodide. Near tip of roots orange & no blue
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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