RECORD: Darwin, C. R. [1874-1875]. Draft of Insectivorous plants, p. 258. CUL-DAR77.88r. 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. 258.
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by proteid matter.
(B). They allow also various impulses to pass through them, including movement, increased secretion & aggregation.
On the whole the belief that the cell-walls in the case of Drosera contract, with the fluid contained by the cells consequent forced outwards, perhaps accords best with the observed facts.)
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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