RECORD: Darwin, C. R. [1875-1875]. Draft of Insectivorous plants, p. 57. CUL-DAR77.84r. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 2.2023. 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 volumes CUL-DAR 76-79 contain material for Darwin's book Cross and self fertilisation (1876).
The text of this draft corresponds to Insectivorous plants, p. 57.
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containing several granules
hardly 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 of 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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