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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 Leguminosae 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 sinlc at 

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



Brassica oleracea. Cruciferse (Fam. 



U). 

 napus (as we are informed 



by Prof. Pfefter). 

 Raphauus sativus. Cruciferse. 

 Githago segetum. Oaryophylleai 



(Fam. 26). 

 Stellaria media (according to Hof- 



meister, as quoted). Caryophyl- 



lesE. 

 Anoda Wrightii. Malvaceae (Fam. 



36). 

 Gossypium (var. Nankin cotton). 



Malvaceae. 

 Oxalis rosea. Oxalidas (Fam. 41). 

 — ■ — floribunda. 



nrticulnta. 



■ Valdiviana. 



sensitiva. 



Geranium rotundifolium, Gera- 



niaceaB (Fara. 47). 

 Tri folium subterraneum. 



minosEB (Fam. 75, Tribe 3), 



■ — striatum. 



leucanthemum. 



Lotus ornithopopoides. Legumi- 



nosse (Tribe 4). 



Legu- 



■ peregrinus. 

 • Jacobjeus. 



Cliantbus Dampieri. Legumi- 

 nossE (Tribe 5) — according to M, 

 Ramey. 



Smithia sensitiva. Leguminosa; 

 (Tribe 6). 



Hiematoxvlon Campecbianum. Le- 



guminossE (Tribe 13) — accord- 

 ing to Mr. K. I. Lynch. 



Cassia mimosoides. Leguminosre 

 (Tribe 14), 



glauca. 



florida. 



corymbosa. 



pubescens. 



tora. 



• neglecta. 



3 other Brazilian unnamed 



?)■ 



species. 

 Bauhinia (ip. 



(Tribe 15). 

 Neptunia oleracea. 



(Tribe 20). 

 Mimosa pudica. 



(Tribe 21). 



albida. 



Cucurbita ovifera. 



(Fam. 106). 



■ nurantia. 



Leguminosa" 

 LeguminosK: 

 Leguminosuj 



Cucurbitacea? 



Lagenaria vulgaris, CucurbiTaceie. 

 Cucumis dudiiim. Cucurbitacea:. 

 Apium petroselinum. Umbelliferte 



(Fara. 113). 



graveolens. 



Lactuca scariola. Compositse (Fam, 



122). 

 Helianthus annuus (?). Composit-ii, 

 Ipomoea cserulea. Couvoh ulaceai 



(Fam. 151). 

 — — ~ purpurea. 



linn;i-noi, 



cocciuea. 



