. The power of movement in plants . Plants; Botany. 30 CIKCUMNUTATION OF SEEDLINGS. Chap. I. abruptly, then made a small loop and then a larger zigzag curve. During the night and till on the following Fig. Vicia faba: circumnutation of a radicle, at first pointing verti.'ally up- wards, kept in darkness, traced on a horizontal glass, during 14 hours. Movement of bead of filament magnified 23 times, here reduced to one-half of original scale. morning, the bead moved to a great distance in a nearly straight line, in the direction indicated by the broken line in the figure. This resul
. The power of movement in plants . Plants; Botany. 30 CIKCUMNUTATION OF SEEDLINGS. Chap. I. abruptly, then made a small loop and then a larger zigzag curve. During the night and till on the following Fig. Vicia faba: circumnutation of a radicle, at first pointing verti.'ally up- wards, kept in darkness, traced on a horizontal glass, during 14 hours. Movement of bead of filament magnified 23 times, here reduced to one-half of original scale. morning, the bead moved to a great distance in a nearly straight line, in the direction indicated by the broken line in the figure. This resulted from the tip bending quickly downwards, as it had now become much declined, and had thus gained a position tiighly favourable for the action of geotropism. Fig. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882; Darwin, Francis, Sir, 1848-1925. New York : D. Appleton
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