RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Salicornia major macrostachya. CUL-DAR68.76. 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.
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Salicornia major macrostachya — fleshy little leaves well protected & silvery, except scales on tips
July 30th 11° 27' sponged with tepid water (white wool) & put in bottle with another branch into not sponged into salt-water
Aug 15th 9° Not the least difference between the 2 stems in salt water & the 1 in pure.
July 31' 11° 27' put a sponged branch into common water. Black wool
(Aug 31— 5° P.m
Bloom not removed— it was all gone on the branch which had been immersed in salt-water without being cleaned, except on fresh-grown tips of shoots.—)
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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