CHAP. IV. 



DICOTYLEDONS. 



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(20.) Allamanda Schottii (Apocynese, Fam. 144). The young 

 loaves of this shrub are elongated, with the blade bowed so much 



Fig. 110. 



m 4'? 1 



Cyclamen Persicum : circumnutation of leaf, traced from 6.45 A.M. Jane 2afl 

 to 6.40 A.M. 5th. Apex of leaf 7 inches from the vertical glass. 



downwards as almost to form a semicircle. The chord that 

 is, a line drawn from the apex of the blade to the base of the 

 petioleof a young leaf. 41 inches in length, stood at 2.50 P.M on 

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