Power of Movement in Plants

Introduction 1. The circumnutating movements of seedling plants 2. General considerations on the movements and growth of seedling plants 3. Sensitiveness of the apex of the radicle to contact and to other irritants 4. The circumnutating movements of the several parts of mature plants 5. Modified circumnutation: climbing plants, epinastic and hyponastic movements 6. Modified circumnutation: sleep or nyctitropic movements, their use, sleep of cotyledons 7. Modified circumnutation: nyctitropic or sleep movements of leaves 8. Modified circumnutation: movements excited by light 9. Sensitiveness of plants to light: its transmitted effects 10. Modified circumnutation: movements excited by gravitation 11. Localised sensitiveness to gravitation and its transmitted effects 12. Summary and concluding remarks Index.