RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1877.09.12-13. Passiflora gracilis. CUL-DAR66.32. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 3.2023. 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-DAR66 contains notes on 'bloom'. Francis Darwin explained: "His researches into the meaning of the 'bloom,' or waxy coating found on many leaves, was one of those inquiries which remained unfinished at the time of his death. He amassed a quantity of notes on the subject". LL3: 339. See an Introduction to these folders by Christine Chua & John van Wyhe.
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1877) Passiflora gracilis (quite little plant)
Sept 12th ─ syringed for about 2' with water 88°-89°, chiefly on lower surface of the best leaf, but all this one did not at all change— an old underlying leaf fell a little, but I think this was mechanical from drops falling on it.
Sept 13th looked the 2 little plants only a few inches high, & leaves certainly considerably declined, but not hanging vertically down. —
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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