The Power of Movement in Plants
by Sir Francis Darwin Charles Darwin
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Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. This book is printed in black & white, Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Reprinted in 2022 with the help of original edition published long back 1881. As this book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages. If it is multi vo Resized as per current standards. We expect that you will understand our compulsion with such books. 624 The power of movement...
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- THE POWER OF MOVEMENT IN PLANTS
- Assisted By Francis Darwin
- CONTENTS
- DETAILED TABLE OF CONTENTS.
- THE MOVEMENTS OF PLANTS.
- INTRODUCTION.
- CHAPTER I. THE CIRCUMNUTATING MOVEMENTS OF SEEDLING PLANTS.
- CHAPTER II. GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS ON THE MOVEMENTS AND GROWTH OF SEEDLING PLANTS.
- CHAPTER III. SENSITIVENESS OF THE APEX OF THE RADICLE TO CONTACT AND TO OTHER IRRITANTS.
- SENSITIVENESS OF THE TIP OF THE RADICLE TO MOIST AIR.
- A SUMMARY OF CHAPTER.
- CHAPTER IV. THE CIRCUMNUTATING MOVEMENTS OF THE SEVERAL PARTS OF MATURE PLANTS.
- CIRCUMNUTATION OF STOLONS OR RUNNERS.
- CIRCUMNUTATION OF FLOWER-STEMS.
- CIRCUMNUTATION OF LEAVES: DICOTYLEDONS.
- CIRCUMNUTATION OF LEAVES: MONOCOTYLEDONS.
- CRYPTOGAMS.
- CONCLUDING REMARKS ON THE CIRCUMNUTATION OF LEAVES.
- CHAPTER V. MODIFIED CIRCUMNUTATION: CLIMBING PLANTS; EPINASTIC AND HYPONASTIC MOVEMENTS.
- THE CIRCUMNUTATION OF CLIMBING PLANTS.
- EPINASTY—HYPONASTY.
- CHAPTER VI. MODIFIED CIRCUMNUTATION: SLEEP OR NYCTITROPIC MOVEMENTS, THEIR USE: SLEEP OF COTYLEDONS.
- NYCTITROPIC OR SLEEP MOVEMENTS OF COTYLEDONS.
- CHAPTER VII. MODIFIED CIRCUMNUTATION: NYCTITROPIC OR SLEEP MOVEMENTS OF LEAVES.
- CLASS I. DICOTYLEDONS.
- CLASS II. MONOCOTYLEDONS.
- CLASS III. ACOTYLEDONS.
- GYMNOSPERMS.
- MONOCOTYLEDONS.
- ACOTYLEDONS.
- CHAPTER VIII. MODIFIED CIRCUMNUTATION: MOVEMENTS EXCITED BY LIGHT.
- CHAPTER IX. SENSITIVENESS OF PLANTS TO LIGHT: ITS TRANSMITTED EFFECTS.
- LOCALISED SENSITIVENESS TO LIGHT, AND ITS TRANSMITTED EFFECTS.
- CONCLUDING REMARKS AND SUMMARY OF CHAPTER.
- CHAPTER X. MODIFIED CIRCUMNUTATION: MOVEMENTS EXCITED BY GRAVITATION.
- GEOTROPISM.
- DIAGEOTROPISM.
- CHAPTER XI. LOCALISED SENSITIVENESS TO GRAVITATION, AND ITS TRANSMITTED EFFECTS.
- CHAPTER XII. CONCLUDING REMARKS.
- INDEX.
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