RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. All the few plants which move as protection against rain. CUL-DAR68.40. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 4.2023. 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-DAR68 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.
Anton Kerner von Marilaun. 1873. Die Schutzmittel des Pollens gegen die Nachtheile vorzeitiger Dislocation und gegen die Nachtheile vorzeitiger Befeuchtung. Innsbruck.
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All the few plants which move as protection against rain — go to sleep, which is a movement common to many plants of many families, & I imagine that having a large power of movement, these naturally acquire rain-protection-movement— Does Kerner specify what plants bend flowers as protection?
I must allude to Kerner Schutz-mittel des Pollens—
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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