RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Cleistogene pods (calculations) / Used Keep some of the data for Cleistogene Portfolio / Draft of Insectivorous plants, p. 57. CUL-DAR77.84. (John van Wyhe ed., 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Text prepared and edited by John van Wyhe. 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 volumes CUL-DAR 76-79 contain material for Darwin's book Cross and self fertilisation (1876).
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Cleistogene pods
63.11 [x] 9 [=] 567.99
568 — 9 pods [+] 72 [+] 41 [+] 79 [+] 59 [+] 81 [+] 64 [=] 964 [÷] 15 [=] 6426
(Used)
(Used)
Keep some of these data for Cleistogen Portfolio
84v
containing several granules [illeg] hardy any of the cells were completely emptied, & some appeared I then added a minute drop of a solution of 4 grains of C. of Ammonia (4 gr. to 1 oz) to the ounce of water & examined the specimens after one hour. Neither the exuded matter (which was now almost colourless) nor the remaining content of the great majority o cells showed a trace of aggregation. But a few cells here & there both in the glands & in the pedicels of the tentacles, which had escaped being ruptured, had their
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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