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With respect to this downward movement of the leaves, Kraus believes that it is due to their epinastic growth.

From The Power of Movement in Plants by Darwin, Charles

Trifolium repens: circumnutating and epinastic movements of the sub-peduncle of a single flower, traced on a vertical glass under a skylight, in A from 11.30 A.M.

From The Power of Movement in Plants by Darwin, Charles

Whenever epinastic growth is vigorous, it might conquer diaheliotropism in the evening, at which time it would be of no importance to the plant to keep its leaves horizontal.

From The Power of Movement in Plants by Darwin, Charles

Pinus pinaster: epinastic downward movement of a young leaf, produced by a young plant in a pot, traced on a vertical glass under a skylight, from 6.45 A.M.

From The Power of Movement in Plants by Darwin, Charles

We thus see that the sub-peduncle oscillated up and down, or circumnutated, during its whole downward epinastic course.

From The Power of Movement in Plants by Darwin, Charles