. The movements and habits of climbing plants. Climbing plants; Plants. Chap. III. SMILACE^. Ii9 side, they slowly bend to that side, and subsequently become straight again. The back or convex side when placed in contact with a stick became just per- ceptibly curved in 1 hr. 20 m., but did not completely. Fig. Smi^ax aspera. surround it until 48 hrs. had elapsed; the concave side of another became considerably curved in 2 his. and clasped a stick in 5 hrs. As the pairs of tendrils grow old, one tendril diverges more and more from the other, and both slowly bend backwards and downwards, so
. The movements and habits of climbing plants. Climbing plants; Plants. Chap. III. SMILACE^. Ii9 side, they slowly bend to that side, and subsequently become straight again. The back or convex side when placed in contact with a stick became just per- ceptibly curved in 1 hr. 20 m., but did not completely. Fig. Smi^ax aspera. surround it until 48 hrs. had elapsed; the concave side of another became considerably curved in 2 his. and clasped a stick in 5 hrs. As the pairs of tendrils grow old, one tendril diverges more and more from the other, and both slowly bend backwards and downwards, so that after a time they project on the opposite side. 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. New York, D. Appleton and Co.
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