RECORD: Darwin, C. R. [1874-1875]. Draft leaf of Insectivorous plants, folio 37 / pp. 420-421. LINSOC-DWC.2.30. (Cite as: John van Wyhe ed., 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Catalogued, transcribed and edited by John van Wyhe 3.2026. RN1
NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Linnean Society of London and William Huxley Darwin. LINSOC-DWC.2 consists of an album of draft leaves of Darwin's books, Earthworms, Insectivorous plants, Cross and self fertilisation, Expression, and Power of movement deposited by The Charles Darwin Trust.
The text of the draft corresponds to Insectivorous plants, pp. 420-421.
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Utricularia
treated in the same manner with urea, but was little affected after 9h. : neverthless after 23h the spherical as well as for all the other glands on [illeg] had had become brown brownish brown & more shrank; & in several of the oily head glands the uticular protoplasmic layer had become still browner & contracted into irregular solid little masses or particles.)
(Two other specimens with all the glands colourless & not [illeg] shrunk were treated in the same manner. After 5h many of the glands were presented a shade of brown of brown hard with the [utricular] protoplasmic layer slightly shrunk. After 20h 40m some l few glands were quite brown with irregularly aggregated masses & some werestill colourless not with the [utricular] protoplasmic layer shrunk; but the greater number were not much affected. This was a good instance of how unequally the [illeg] glands on the same bladder are affected & good instance how unequally to [illeg] on the same bladder as affected & but likewise [illeg] with the species the plant which likewise may often be observed with plants in a cloth bladder from plants growing in fould water. Two other specimens were treated with a solution of water of the same strength, but which had been kept for some time several days in a warm room & had probably [illeg] decayed: anyhow the [illeg] glands were not at all affected when examined after 21h.) after irrigation.)
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[mathematical notes by George Darwin]
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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