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MODIFIED CIECUMNUTATION. 



Chap. VI. 



dicotyledonous 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 Oxalidse 

 and the Leguminosse 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 iist. 



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

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



Brassica oleracea. Cruciferse (Fam. 

 14). 



napus (as we are infoi-med 



by Prof. Pfetier). 



Raphauus sativus. Cruciferse. 



Githago segetum. Caryophyllea; 

 (Fam. 26). 



Stellavia media (according to Hof- 

 meister, as quoted). Caryophyl- 

 lea. 



Anoda Wrightii. Malvaceae (Fam. 

 .36). 



Gossypium (var. Nankin cotton). 

 M.ilvacejfi. 



Ctalis rosea. Oxalidae (Fam. 41). 



iloribunda. 



articulata. 



Valdiviana. 



sensitiva. 



Geranium rotundifolium. Gcra- 

 niaceiE (Fam. 47). 



Trifolium subterrancum. 

 minosSE (Fam. 75, Tribe 3), 



strictum. 



leucanthemum. 



Lotus omithopopoides. Legumi- 

 nosse (Tribe 4). 



peregrinus. 



Jacoba;us. 



L( 



egu- 



Clianthus Dampieri. Legumi- 

 nosrc (Tribe 5)— according to JI. 

 Ramey. 



Smilhia sensitiya. Leguminosa: 

 (Tribe 6). 



Haematoivlon Campechianum. Le- 



gnminosae (Tribe 13) — accord- 

 ing to Mr. K. 1. Lynch. 



Cassia mimosoides. Leguminosre 

 (Tribe 14). 



glauca. 



florida. 



corymbosa. 



pubescens. 



tora. 



neglecta. 



3 other Br.izilian unnamed 



species. 

 Bauhinia (sp. ?). 



(Tribe 15). 

 Nejitunia oleracea. 



(Tribe 20). 

 Mimosa pudica. 



(Tribe 21). 



albida. 



Cucnrbita ovifera. 



Leguminos£p 

 Leguminosit 

 Leguminosa; 



Cucurbitacese 



(Fam. 106). 



aurantia. 



Lagenaria vulgaris. Cucurbiracese. 

 Cucnmis dudaim. Cucurbitacea. 

 Apium petroselinum. Umbelliferae 



(Fam. 113). 



graveolens. 



Lactuca scariola. Compositas (Fam. 



1 22). 

 Helianthn.s annuu3(?). Compo.sita. 

 Ipomoea ca;rulea, Convolvulacea 



(Fam. 151). 



purpurea. 



bona-nox, 



coccinea. 



