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WILLIAM H. BROWN 
Table VII 
Response of Dionaea Leaves to Repeated Contact Stimuli, With Various Lengths of Time 
Intervening Between the Stimuli 
Time 
Period 
Between 
Stimuli 
Experiment 
No. 
No. of 
Stimuli 
Before 
Complete 
Closure 
Time Be- 
tween First 
Stimulus 
and Com- 
ure 
No. of 
Stimuli Be- 
fore Begin- 
ning of 
Movement 
Time Be- 
tween First 
Stimulus 
and Begin- 
Movement 
No. of 
Stimuli Be- 
tween Be- 
ginning of 
Movement 
plete Clos- 
ure 
Time Be- 
ween Be- 
ginning of 
Movement 
and Com- 
plete Clos- 
ure 
min. 
min. 
min. 
min. 
I 
2 
0.33 
2 
0.33 
. 2 
2 
0.33 
2 
0.33 
3 
2 
0.33 
2 
0.33 
4 
2 
0.33 
2 
0.33 
5 
2 
0.33 
2 
0.33 
0.33 ■ 
6 
2 
0.33 
2 
0.33 
7 
2 
0.33 
2 
0.33 
8 
2 
0.33 
2 
0.33 
9 
2 
0-33 
0-33 
10 
2 
2 
'-'•00 
Average 
2 
0.33 
2 
0.33 
I 
2 
0.66 
2 
0.66 
2 
2 
0.66 
2 
0.66 
3 
2 
0.66 
2 
0.66 
4 
2 
0.66 
2 
0.66 
5 
2 
0.66 
2 
0.66 
6 
2 
0.66 
2 
0.66 
0.67 < 
7 
3 
1-33 
2 
0.66 
I 
0.66 
8 
3 
1-33 
2 
0.66 
I 
0.66 
1.33 
2 
0.66 
0.66 
3 
2 
0.66 
I 
0.66 
/I 
2.66 
2^66 
12 
0 
O'OO 
3 
2.00 
2 
1.33 
Average 
I 27 
2.25 
0.94 
0.50 
0.33 
I 
3 
2 
2 
I 
I 
I 
2 
3 
2 
2 
I 
I 
I 
3 
3 
2 
2 
I 
I 
I 
4 
3 
2 
2 
I 
I 
I 
I < 
5 
4 
3 
3 
2 
I 
6 
4 
3 
3 
2 
I 
7 
4 
3 
3 
2 
8 
5 
4 
4 
3 
I 
9 
5 
4 
4 
3 
I 
Average 
3-77 
2.77 
2.77 
1.77 
1. 00 
1. 00 
I 
5 
6 
4 
6 
2 
2 
6 
10 
5 
8 
2 
3 
6 
10 
5 
8 
2 
4 
6 
10 
5 
8 
2 
5 
6 
10 
5 
8 
2 
2 
6 
7 
12 
5 
8 
4 
7 
7 
12 
6 
10 
2 
8 
7 
12 
6 
10 
2 
9 
7 
12 
6 
10 
2 
Average 
6.33 
10.66 
5.22 
8.44 
I. II 
2.22 
