Sensitive Plants

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Rick Walker (walker@hpl-cutt.hpl.hp.com)
Mon, 26 Jul 93 16:09:57 PDT

> Incidentally, leaf motion in the _Fabaceae_ (bean family) is not at all

This weekend I read that the stamens in many _Opuntia sp._ are sensitive
and will rapidly curl inwards if the stigma is manipulated.

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Rick