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RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1875.10.04-08. Leaves with bits of meat. CUL-DAR86.B51. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 3.2022. RN1

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[B51]

1875

Oct 4th 7° 50' 2 leaves with bits of meat

12° 45' cut off several glands of incurved to which had not touched the meat on both leaves

5° PM well shut

Oct 7th 8° [few words illeg] of cut off not more expanded than the adjoining ones.

Oct 8 I saw 2 or 3 Headless t as much curved as neighbors

Oct 9' do do do.

Frank made some trials of same kind & it certainly seems that motion impulse is sent from other glands to the base of those which have been cut off keeping them inflected.

[in margin:] (Not well executed experiments)

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