RECORD: Darwin, C. R. [1877].09.01-20. Umbellifer in big woods (wild Angelica?) / Angelica sylvestris. CUL-DAR67.1. 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-DAR67 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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Umbellifer in big-woods (wild Angelica?)
Sept. I— 5˚ P.m. sponge in usual manner.
(upper part of stem hairy)
― 18 removed sponge found damp, though never wetted in interval.
Angelica sylvestris. Sept. 20th The lower & upper internodes clothed, but in variable degree, with short hairs which project straight outwards— The intermediate internode alone provided with bloom, which can be rubbed off or dissolved by S. ether & then the internode not silvery — bloom scanty. —
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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