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LIFE MOVEMENTS IN PLANTS
alkalis induce antagonistic reactions, abolition of excitability with alkali taking place in a contracted, and with acid in an expanded condition of the pulvinus.
The responses exhibit fatigue when the period of rest is diminished. The passage of constant current is found to remove the fatigue.
Response is enhanced on exposure to light, and diminished in darkness. Light is shown to exert a direct stimulating action on the pulvinus, independent of photo-synthesis.
