Note 29 — Chapter II · GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS ON THE MOVEMENTS AND GROWTH OF SEEDLING PLANTS. (continued 2)
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The sole notice which we have met with on the sensitiveness of cotyledons, relates to Mimosa; for Aug. P. De Candolle says (‘Phys. Vég.,’ 1832, tom. ii. p. 865), “les cotyledons du M. pudica tendent à se raprocher par leurs faces supérieures lorsqu’on les irrite.”