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Kerwileton
1950
Journal 34
Nov. 8 Villavieja, 1400ft., Huila, Colombia, S.A.
P.M., Paulino and I made another
trip to the chapel, collecting
nothing there. The plant which
I have seen in green, apparently
vigorous, growth on the high
plate near Camp Cerbetara (Adipora
bicaularis?) also grows around
the cemetery in abundance. Paulino
and Perico say it reaches a height
of about 3ft. On this night we
observed the striking posture of
its leaves at night: In the day time
the plant appears (roughly) like this:
At night:
The leaflets of opposite sides are closely
appressed, and the three pairs folded
as closely as possible into one unit.
The terminal pair inside, the bottom-most
pair outside. The striking thing to me,
as best I can recall it, is that
all surfaces presented outward in
the folded position are those which
form the undersides in the expanded
(Day) position (necessitating a full 180°
twist of the leaflet petioles?)