CHAP. VII. 



SLEEP OF LEAVES. 



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midrib. This filament acted as an index; and as the leaf rose 

 and fell, rotating about its basal joint, its angular movement 



Fig. 133. 



Avcrrhoa bilimbi : angular movements of a leaflet during its evening 

 descent, when going to sleep. Temp. 78-81 F. 



could be recorded by reading off at short interval* of time the 

 position of the glass filament on the graduated arc. In order 



