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I' AGE 



recorder Uniform electric responses List of suitable specimens 

 Effect of season on excitability Stimulation by thermal shocks Thermal 

 stimulator Second method of confining excitation to one contact In- 

 creasing response to increasing stimulus Effect of fatigue Tetanus . 29 



CHAPTER IV 



OBSERVATION BY RHEOTOME ON ELECTRIC RESPONSE IN 

 PLANTS 



Response-curve showing general time-relations Instantaneous mechanical 

 stimulation by electro-magnetic release Arrangement of the rheotome 

 Tabular statement of results of rheotomic observations Rhythmic 

 multiple responses .......... 44 



CHAPTER V 



THE ELECTRICAL INDICATIONS OF POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE 

 TURGIDITY-VARIATIONS 



Motile responses of opposite signs, characteristic of positive and negative 

 turgidity-variations - Indirect hydrostatic effect of stimulus causes 

 expansion and erection of leaf- Positive and negative work Wave of 

 increased hydrostatic tension transmitted with relatively greater velocity 

 than wave of true excitation Method of separating hydro-positive and 

 excitatory effects Indirect effect of stimulus, causing positive turgidity- 

 variation induces galvanometric positivity Antagonistic elements in the 

 electrical response Separation of hydro-positive from true excitatory 

 effect by means of physiological block ...... 54 



CHAPTER VI 



EXTERNAL STIMULUS AND INTERNAL ENERGY 



Hydraulic transmission of energy in plants True meaning of tonic condi- 

 tionOpposite expressions of internal energy and external stimulus 

 seen in growth-response Parallelism between responses of growing and 

 motile organs Increased internal energy caused by augmentation or 

 temperature finds expression in enhanced rate of growth ; erection of 

 motile leaf ; curling movement of spiral tendril ; and galvanometric 

 positivity External stimulus induces opposite eftect in all these cases- 

 Sudden variation of temperature, acting as a stimulus, induces transient 

 retardation of growth ; depression of motile leaf ; uncurling movement 

 of spiral tendril; and galvanometric negativity Laws of mechanical 

 and electrical response 



