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TABLE I.—General Table of Results of section of Distal Pinnules of
Mimosa pudica —continued.

No. of
Experi-
ment.		 Result.
76 Leaf exposed to direct sunshine .—Complete action throughout the leaf save in the
tip of one pinna; depression of the petiole somewhat obstructed mechanically;
no further result.
77 Leaf exposed to direct sunshine .—Complete action throughout the leaf save in one
pinna; no further result.
78 Leaf exposed to direct sunshine .—Complete action throughout the entire leaf; no
further result.
79 Ditto                     ditto                    ditto.
80 Leaf exposed to direct sunshine .— Complete action in the cut leaf; no further result.
81 Ditto                     ditto                    ditto.
82 Ditto                     ditto                    ditto.
83 Ditto                     ditto                    ditto.
84 Ditto                     ditto                    ditto.
85 Ditto                     ditto                    ditto.
86 Leaf exposed to direct sunshine .—Pause; action in three or four pairs of pinnules;
action in the primary pulvinus; almost complete action throughout the rest of
the leaf; no further result.
87 Leaf exposed to direct sunshine .—Centripetal action throughout the cut pinna;
commencing centrifugal action in the other distal pinna; action in the primary
pulvinus; complete action throughout the rest of the leaf; no further
result.
88 Leaf exposed to direct sunshine .—Very irregular and partial action in that pinna;
partial action in the other distal pinna and in the proximal pinna of the cut
side of the leaf; no further result; primary pulvinus partially rigid.
89 Leaf exposed to direct sunshine .—Complete action in the cut pinna; pause; com-
plete action in the primary pulvinus, and extreme depression; complete action
in the other pinnæ; no further result.
90 Leaf exposed to direct sunshine .—Complete action in the cut pinna; commencing
action in the other distal pinna; action in the primary pulvinus; complete
action in the rest of the leaf; no further result.