. The power of movement in plants . Plants; Botany. 34 cmCUMNUTATION OP SEEDLINGS. Chap. I. narrow leaf, is shown during 24 h., in Fig. 24. No glass filament was employed, but a mark was placed beneath the apex of the leaf. The actual length of the longer of the two ellipses de- scribed by the stem was about -14 of an inch. On the previous day the chief line of movement was nearly at right angles to that shown in the present figure, and it was more simple. Cassia tora* (Leguminosse).—A seedling was placed before a Fig. 35. I S' Cassia tora: conjoint cirramnutation of cotyledons and hypocot
. The power of movement in plants . Plants; Botany. 34 cmCUMNUTATION OP SEEDLINGS. Chap. I. narrow leaf, is shown during 24 h., in Fig. 24. No glass filament was employed, but a mark was placed beneath the apex of the leaf. The actual length of the longer of the two ellipses de- scribed by the stem was about -14 of an inch. On the previous day the chief line of movement was nearly at right angles to that shown in the present figure, and it was more simple. Cassia tora* (Leguminosse).—A seedling was placed before a Fig. 35. I S' Cassia tora: conjoint cirramnutation of cotyledons and hypocotyl, traced on vertical glass, from Sept. 25th to 26th. Figure here given reduced to one-half of original scale. • Seeds of tliia plant, which grew near the sea-side, were sent to us by Fritz Muller from S. Brazil. The seedlings did not flourish or ilower well with us; they were sent to Kew, and wera pronounced not to be distinguish- able from C. 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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