...notable paragraph he says : ' But ' the most striking resemblance is the localisation of sensitive' ness, and the transmission of an influence from the excited ' part to another, which consequently moves.' The effect here alluded to is, no doubt, very remarkable, and well deserving of the further examination...

...foregoing movements of plants and many of the actions performed unconsciously by the lower animals. The habit of moving at certain periods is inherited...excited part to another which consequently moves. Yet plants do not of course possess nerves or a central nervous system ; and we may infer that with...

...astonishingly small stimulus suffices ; and even with allied plant« one may be highly sensitive to tho slightest continued pressure, and another highly sensitive to a slight momentary touch. But the most striking resemblance is the localization of their sensitiveness, aud the transmission...