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vapours, and oxygen (after the plant has been for some 
time excluded from its action), all induce inflection, 
and this likewise results from an induced galvanic 
current.* 
* My son Francis, guided by 
the observations of Dr. Burdon 
Sanderson on Dionea, finds that 
if two needles are inserted into 
the blade of a leaf of Drosera, the 
tentacles do not move; but that if 
similar needles in connection with 
the secondary coil of a Du Bois 
inductive apparatus are inserted, 
the tentacles curve inwards 1u the 
course of a few minutes. My son 
hopes soon to publish an accour’ 
of his observations. 
