The "Alisma" was a test of observation and draughtsmanship. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of John Ruskin] Reference
Nonkreem jheel, Alisma, Villarsia! and Potamogeton occur. From Wordnik.com. [Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries] Reference
Calamus abundant, Cyperaceae in profusion, Ranuncul. aquatic, Alisma ditto. From Wordnik.com. [Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries] Reference
Alisma abundant in swamps: small partridges: no chakor: hares, swifts, rock-pigeons. From Wordnik.com. [Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries] Reference
Alisma plantago, L. A. trivialis and parviflora of Pursh. From Wordnik.com. [Resources of the Southern Fields and Forests, Medical, Economical, and Agricultural. Being also a Medical Botany of the Confederate States; with Practical Information on the Useful Properties of the Trees, Plants, and Shrubs] Reference
“Alisma” was a test of observation and draughtsmanship. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of John Ruskin]
The facts noted in Darwin's copy are the explosive stamens of Parietaria, the submerged flowers of Alisma containing air, the manner of fertilisation of. From Wordnik.com. [More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2] Reference
The present letter is interesting in referring to F.itz Muller's observations on the "revolving nutation," or circumnutation of Alisma macrophylla and Linum usitatissimum, the latter fact having been discovered by F. Muller's daughter Rosa. From Wordnik.com. [More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2] Reference
Plantain, Water Alisma subcordaium 91, 116. From Wordnik.com. [The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States] Reference
Here, also, are described the movements of Alisma.). From Wordnik.com. [More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2] Reference
Somebody has sent me from Germany two papers by you, one with a most curious account of Alisma (681/2. From Wordnik.com. [More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2] Reference
On April 3rd, 1868, Darwin wrote to F. Muller: "Your diagram of the movements of the flower-peduncle of the Alisma is extremely curious. From Wordnik.com. [More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2] Reference
Alisma, F. Muller's observations on. From Wordnik.com. [More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2] Reference
Alisma macrophylla, circumnutation of. From Wordnik.com. [More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2] Reference
Alisma!. From Wordnik.com. [Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants] Reference
Alisma. From Wordnik.com. [Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries] Reference
Alisma plantago, 536. From Wordnik.com. [Resources of the Southern Fields and Forests, Medical, Economical, and Agricultural. Being also a Medical Botany of the Confederate States; with Practical Information on the Useful Properties of the Trees, Plants, and Shrubs] Reference
Alisma trivialis, 536. From Wordnik.com. [Resources of the Southern Fields and Forests, Medical, Economical, and Agricultural. Being also a Medical Botany of the Confederate States; with Practical Information on the Useful Properties of the Trees, Plants, and Shrubs] Reference
Alisma. '. From Wordnik.com. [Allgemeines Polyglotten-Lexicon der Naturgeschichte mit erklaerenden Anmerkungen] Reference
Alisma pIantago. From Wordnik.com. [Allgemeines Polyglotten-Lexicon der Naturgeschichte mit erklaerenden Anmerkungen] Reference
Alisma, 52. From Wordnik.com. [Proserpina, Volume 1 Studies Of Wayside Flowers] Reference
Alisma, 115, 329 natans, 107 parnassifolia, 167. From Wordnik.com. [Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants] Reference
I think nobody else will have been delighted more than I was with the results which you have arrived at by so many admirably conducted experiments and observations; since I observed the spontaneous revolving movement of Alisma I had seen similar movements in so many and so different plants that I felt much inclined to consider spontaneous revolving movement or circumnutation as common to all plants and the movements of climbing plants as a special modification of that general phenomenon. From Wordnik.com. [More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2] Reference
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