Life Movements in Plants, Volume IBose, Jagadis Chandra
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Life Movements in Plants, Volume I
Bose, Jagadis Chandra
Growth (Plants); Plants -- Irritability and movements
23. Twenty-four hours’ record of excitability of _Mimosa_ 59
24. Midday record from noon to 3 P.M. 62
25. Evening record from 6 to 10 P.M. 63
26. Morning record from 8 A.M. to 12 noon 64
27. Diurnal variation of excitability showing marked
nyctitropic movement 65
28. Diurnal curves of temperature and of corresponding
variation of excitability of _Mimosa_ 68
29. Diurnal variation of excitability of a summer specimen 70
30. The Resonant Recorder 76
31. Variation of excitability after section 80
32. Effect of amputation of upper half of pulvinus of _Mimosa_ 84
33. Response of _Mimosa_ after amputation of lower half of
pulvinus 86
34. Effect of weight on rapidity of fall 87
35. Stimulating action of Hydrogen peroxide 88
36. Incomplete recovery under the action of BaCl_{2} and
transient restoration under tetanisation 89
37. Antagonistic action of alkali and acid 90
38. Fatigue due to shortening of recovery-period 91
39. Effect of constant current in removal of fatigue 92
40. Stimulating action of light and depressing action of
darkness 94
41. Action of glycerine in enhancing speed and intensity of
transmitted excitation in _Mimosa_ 102
42. Effect of injury in depressing conductivity in normal
specimen 104
43. Effect of injury in enhancing conductivity in a subtonic
specimen 105
44. Diagram of experimental arrangement for conductivity
control in _Averrhoa bilimbi_ 109
45. Diagram of complete experimental arrangement for
conductivity control in _Mimosa pudica_ 116
46. Record showing enhanced velocity in ‘up-hill’ and retarded
velocity in ‘down-hill’ transmission 121
47. Direct and after-effect of heterodromous and homodromous
currents 124
48. Diagram of experimental arrangement for variation of
conductivity of animal nerve 126
49. Effect of heterodromous and homodromous current in inducing
variation of conductivity in nerve 127
50. Record of ineffectively transmitted salt-tetanus becoming
effective under heterodromous current 129
51. Direct and after-effect of homodromous current 131
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