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MODIFIED CIECUMNUTATTON. 



CHAP. VI. 



dicotyledon ous series. A few remarks will have to 

 be made about many of the plants in the list. In 

 doing so, it will be convenient not to follow strictly 

 any systematic order, but to treat of the Oxalida) 

 and the Leguminosfc at the close ; for in these 

 two Families the cotyledons are generally provided 

 with a pulvinus, and their movements endure for a 

 much longer time than those of the other plants in 

 the list. 



List of Seedling Plants, the cotyledons of which rise or Sink at 

 night to an angle of at leant 60 above or beneath the horizon. 



guminosse (Tribe 13) accord- 

 ing to Mr. K. I. Lynch. 



Cassia mimosoides. Leguminos;e 

 (Tribe 14). 



glauca. 



florida. 



Brassica oleracea. Crucifera3 (Fam. 



14). 

 napus (as we are informed 



by Prof. Pfeffer). 

 Eaphauus sativus. Crucifera?. 

 Githago segetum. Caryophylleac 



(Fam. 26). 

 Stellaria media (according to Hof- 



meister, as quoted). Caryophyl- 



lea;. 

 Anoda Wrightii. Malvaceae (Fam. 



36). 

 Gossypium (var. Nankin cotton). 



Malvaceae. 

 Oxalis rosea. Oxalida; (Fam. 41). 



floribunda. 



articulata. 



Valdiviana. 



sensitiva. 



Geranium rotundifolium. Gera- 



niaceae (Fam. 47). 

 Trifolium subterraneum. Legu- 



minosae (Fain. 75, Tribe 3). 



strictum. 



leucanthemum. 



Lotus ornithopopoides. Leguini- 



nosse (Tribe 4). 



peregrinus. 



Jacobaeus. 



Cliauthus Dampieri. Legumi- 



nosae (Tribe 5)- according to M. 

 Ratney. 

 Smithia sensitiva. Leguminosaj 



(Tribe 6). 

 Haematoivlon Campechianum. Le- 



-- corymbosa. 



-- pubescens. 



- - tora. 



-- neglecta. 



-- 3 other Brazilian 



spocies. 

 Bauhinia (ip. ?). 



(Tribe 15). 

 Neptunia oleracea. 



(Tribe 20). 

 Mimosa pudica. 



(Tribe 21). 

 albida. 



named 

 Leguminosap 

 Leguminosse 

 Learn minosaj 



Cucurbita ovifera. Cucurbitacea? 

 (Fam. 106). 



Lagenaria vulgaris. Cucurbitacese. 

 Cucumis dudaini. Cucurbitaceas. 

 Apium petroselinum. Umbelliferae 



(Fam. 113). 



graveolens. 



Lactuca scariola. Compositae (Fam. 



122). 



Helianthus annuus (?). CompositaB, 

 Ipomoea casrulea. ConvoK ulacea 



(Fara. 151). 



purpurea. 



bona-nox. 



cocciuea. 



