Finally, it is impossible not to be struck with the resemblance between the foregoing movements of plants and many of the actions performed unconsciously by the lower animals. With plants an astonishingly small stimulus suffices ; and even with allied... The Power of Movement in Plants - Page 572by Charles Darwin - 1888 - 592 pagesFull view - About this book
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 1882 - 880 pages
...of plants and the actions performed unconsciously by the lower animals. With plants an astonishingly small stimulus suffices ; and even with allied plants...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... | |
| Charles Darwin - Evolution - 1884 - 396 pages
...and many of the actions performed unconsciously by the lower animals. With plants an astonishingly small stimulus suffices ; and even with allied plants...specified. But the most striking resemblance is the localization of their sensitiveness, and the transmission of an influence from the excited part to... | |
| George Lincoln Goodale - Phanerogams - 1885 - 572 pages
...and many of the actions performed unconsciously by the lower animals. With plants an astonishingly small stimulus suffices ; and even with allied plants...specified. But the most striking resemblance is the localization of their sensitiveness, and the transmission of an influence from the excited part to... | |
| 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... | |
| Asa Gray - 1885 - 592 pages
...animals. With plants an astonishingly small stimulus suffices ; and even with allied plants one maybe highly sensitive to the slightest continued pressure,...specified. But the most striking resemblance is the localization of their sensitiveness, anil the transmission of an inHiience from the excited part to... | |
| George Lincoln Goodale - Botany - 1885 - 576 pages
...and many of the actions performed unconsciously by the lower animals. With plants an astonishingly small stimulus suffices ; and even with allied plants...by plants and animals ; and several other points of similitnde have beeu specified. But the most striking resemblance is the localization of their sensitiveness,... | |
| Asa Gray - Botany - 1885 - 756 pages
...and many of the actions performed unconsciously by the lower animals. With plants an astonishingly small stimulus suffices ; and even with allied plants...slight momentary touch. The habit of moving at certain j)eriods is inherited both by plants and animals ; and several other points of similitude have been... | |
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