. The power of movement in plants. Plants; Botany. Asparagus officinalis : circumnutation of plumules with tips whitened and marlvs placed beneath, traced on a norizontal glass. A, young plumule ; movement traced from Nov. 30th to next morning ; magnified about 35 times. B, older plumule ; movement traced from to Nov. 29th ; magnified 9 times, but here reduced to one-half of original scale. ments of five seedlings, varying in height from -3 inch to 2 inches, were traced. They were placed within a box and illuminated from above; but in all five cases the
. The power of movement in plants. Plants; Botany. Asparagus officinalis : circumnutation of plumules with tips whitened and marlvs placed beneath, traced on a norizontal glass. A, young plumule ; movement traced from Nov. 30th to next morning ; magnified about 35 times. B, older plumule ; movement traced from to Nov. 29th ; magnified 9 times, but here reduced to one-half of original scale. ments of five seedlings, varying in height from -3 inch to 2 inches, were traced. They were placed within a box and illuminated from above; but in all five cases the longer axes of the figures described were directed to nearly the same point; so that more light seemed to have come through the glass roof of the green- house on one side than on any other. All five tracings re- sembled each other to a certain extent, and it will suflBce to give two of them. In A ^Fig. 48) the seedling was only 45 of an. 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, Appleton
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