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CIRCUMNUTATION OF SEEDLINGS. CHAP. I 



abruptly, then made a small loop and then a larger zigzag 

 curve. During the night and till 11 A.M. on the following 



Fig. 20. 



ricia faba: circumnutation of a radicle, at first pointing verti/ally up- 

 wards, kept in darkness, traced on a horizontal glass, during 14 hour?. 

 Movement of bead of filament magnified 23 times, here reduced to 

 one-half of original scale. 



morning, the bead moved to a great distance in a nearly straight 

 line, in the direction indicated by the broken line in the figure. 

 * This resulted from the tip bending quickly downwards, as it 

 had now become much declined, and had thus gained a position 

 highly favourable for the action of geotropism. 



Fig. 21. 



D. E. 



facia faba : tracks left on inclined smoked glass-plates, by tips of radicles 

 in growing downwards. Plate C was inclined at 6:>, plates A and D 

 at 71, plate B at 7, and plate E at a few degrees beneath the 

 horizon. 



