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... Plants 1. Ferns 2. Equisetaceĉ 3. Lycopodiaceĉ 4. Marsileaceĉ 5. Mosses 6. Hepaticĉ 7. Lichens 8. Algĉ 9. Fungi BOOK II . Page 105 · 106 112 117 122 137 · 138 · 152 · 153 - 160 181 - 194 195 ib . 197 · ib . 198 200 · 202 204 206 208 ...
... Plants 1. Ferns 2. Equisetaceĉ 3. Lycopodiaceĉ 4. Marsileaceĉ 5. Mosses 6. Hepaticĉ 7. Lichens 8. Algĉ 9. Fungi BOOK II . Page 105 · 106 112 117 122 137 · 138 · 152 · 153 - 160 181 - 194 195 ib . 197 · ib . 198 200 · 202 204 206 208 ...
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... PLANTS . CHAPTER I. OF THE ELEMENTARY ORGANS . Ir plants are considered with reference to their internal organisation , they appear at first sight to consist of a vast multitude of exceedingly minute cavities , separated by a membranous ...
... PLANTS . CHAPTER I. OF THE ELEMENTARY ORGANS . Ir plants are considered with reference to their internal organisation , they appear at first sight to consist of a vast multitude of exceedingly minute cavities , separated by a membranous ...
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... plant . Many plants consist of nothing else ; and while numberless vegetables are destitute of all other kinds of tissue , the membranous cellular tissue is never absent . It constitutes the whole of Mosses , Algĉ , Fungi , Lichens ...
... plant . Many plants consist of nothing else ; and while numberless vegetables are destitute of all other kinds of tissue , the membranous cellular tissue is never absent . It constitutes the whole of Mosses , Algĉ , Fungi , Lichens ...
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... plants , spiral vessels occur in the bundles of woody tissue that lie among its cellular substance ; in the leaves of some plants of this de- scription they are found in such abundance , that , according to M. de la Chesnaye , as quoted ...
... plants , spiral vessels occur in the bundles of woody tissue that lie among its cellular substance ; in the leaves of some plants of this de- scription they are found in such abundance , that , according to M. de la Chesnaye , as quoted ...
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... plants in which true spiral vessels are not found ; and it is therefore probable that their functions are different ... plants , particularly in the root , and also in Ferns and Lycopodiaceae among flower- less plants . 2. The ...
... plants in which true spiral vessels are not found ; and it is therefore probable that their functions are different ... plants , particularly in the root , and also in Ferns and Lycopodiaceae among flower- less plants . 2. The ...
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Page 6 - Thysanotus fasciçularii, the flowers of which are of a deep brilliant violet, with a remarkably satiny lustre, that appearance will be found to arise from each particular cell containing a single drop of...
Page 217 - ... in its substance, and of evaporating pores on its surface, enables the crude fluid sent from the roots to be elaborated and digested until it becomes the peculiar secretion of the species; the contraction of a branch and its leaves forms a flower ; the disintegration of the internal tissue of a petal forms an anther; the folding inwards of a leaf is sufficient to constitute a...
Page 525 - ... verging to green. Again, the ranunculus, which is originally of an intense yellow, sports into scarlet, red, purple, and almost any colour but blue. White flowers, which have a tendency to produce red, will never sport to blue, although they will to yellow ; the rose, for example, and chrysanthemums. It is also probable that white flowers with a tendency to produce blue, will not vary to yellow.