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" With plants an astonishingly small stimulus suffices ; and even with allied plants one may be highly sensitive to the slightest continued pressure, and another highly sensitive to a slight momentary touch. The habit of moving at certain periods is inherited... "
The Power of movement in plants - Page 570
by Charles Darwin - 1895 - 592 pages
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Quarterly Journal of Science, Volume 18

Science - 1881 - 836 pages
...as is supposed unconsciously, by the simpler and lower animals. The author remarks that " even among allied plants one may be highly sensitive to the slightest...another highly sensitive to a slight momentary touch." Mr. Darwin considers that the most striking resemblance between plants and animals is the localisation...
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Quarterly Journal of Science, and Annals of Mining, Metallurgy ..., Volume 18

James Samuelson, Sir William Crookes - Science - 1881 - 782 pages
...as is supposed unconsciously, by the simpler and lower animals. The author remarks that " even among allied plants one may be highly sensitive to the slightest...another highly sensitive to a slight momentary touch." Mr. Darwin considers that the most striking resemblance between plants and animals is the localisation...
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The Kansas City Review of Science and Industry, Volume 5

1882 - 880 pages
...foregoing movements of plants and the actions performed unconsciously by the lower animals. With plants an astonishingly small stimulus suffices ; and even with...The habit of moving at certain periods is inherited by both plants and animals; and several other points of similitude have been specified. But the most...
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Science, Volume 2

John Michels (Journalist) - Science - 1881 - 462 pages
...and many of the actions performed unconsciously by the lower animals. With plants an extraordinarily small stimulus suffices ; and even with allied plants...another highly sensitive to a slight momentary touch. But the most striking resemblance is the localization of their sensitiveness and the transmission of...
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Darwinism Stated by Darwin Himself: Characteristic Passages from the ...

Charles Darwin - Evolution - 1884 - 396 pages
...571. of plants and many of the actions performed unconsciously by the lower animals. With plants an astonishingly small stimulus suffices ; and even with...specified. But the most striking resemblance is the localization of their sensitiveness, and the transmission of an influence from the excited part to...
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Physiological Botany: Outlines of the histology of phaenogamous plants ...

George Lincoln Goodale - Phanerogams - 1885 - 572 pages
...movements of plants and many of the actions performed unconsciously by the lower animals. With plants an astonishingly small stimulus suffices ; and even with...specified. But the most striking resemblance is the localization of their sensitiveness, and the transmission of an influence from the excited part to...
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Physiological Botany

George Lincoln Goodale - Botany - 1885 - 572 pages
...movements of plants and many of the actions performed unconsciously by the lower animals. With plants an astonishingly small stimulus suffices ; and even with...specified. But the most striking resemblance is the localization of their sensitiveness, and the transmission of an influence from the excited part to...
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Physiological Botany: I. Outlines of the Histology of Phænogamous Plants ...

George Lincoln Goodale - Botany - 1885 - 576 pages
...movements of plants and many of the actions performed unconsciously by the lower animals. With plants an astonishingly small stimulus suffices ; and even with...; and several other points of similitude have been specilied. Hut the most striking resemblance is tlie. localization of their sensitiveness, and the...
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Physiological Botany

George Lincoln Goodale - Botany - 1885 - 644 pages
...lower animals. With plants an astonishingly small stimulus suffices ; and even with allied plants cue may be highly sensitive to the slightest continued...specified. But the most striking resemblance is the localization of their sensitiveness, and the transmission of an influence from the excited part to...
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Physiological Botany

George Lincoln Goodale - Botany - 1885 - 576 pages
...movements of plants and many of the actions performed unconsciously by the lower animals. With plants an astonishingly small stimulus suffices ; and even with...by plants and animals ; and several other points of similitnde have beeu specified. But the most striking resemblance is the localization of their sensitiveness,...
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