Note 19 — Chapter VII · MODIFIED CIRCUMNUTATION: NYCTITROPIC OR SLEEP MOVEMENTS OF LEAVES. (continued 2)

Mr. Thiselton Dyer informs us that this Peruvian plant (which was sent to us from Kew) is considered by Mr. Bentham (‘Trans. Linn. Soc.,’ vol. xxx. p. 390) to be “the species or variety which most commonly represents the M. sensitiva of our gardens.”