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... common mode of increment in thickness . Turpin has remarked that this thickening of the membranous sides of cells by means of a hard sedimentary matter , called by him Sclerogen , is what causes the grittiness of the pear , and the ...
... common mode of increment in thickness . Turpin has remarked that this thickening of the membranous sides of cells by means of a hard sedimentary matter , called by him Sclerogen , is what causes the grittiness of the pear , and the ...
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... common for the pits of the membrane of one cell to be placed exactly opposite those of the next cell , as is seen in the irregular half gelatinous tissue of Cereus grandiflorus ( see Plate II . fig . 1. a a ) , so that it may be ...
... common for the pits of the membrane of one cell to be placed exactly opposite those of the next cell , as is seen in the irregular half gelatinous tissue of Cereus grandiflorus ( see Plate II . fig . 1. a a ) , so that it may be ...
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... common type , namely , the simple cell , ( according to Morren of an amylaceous granule ) however different they may be from each other in station , function , or appearance . For , in the first place , we find them all deve- loped in ...
... common type , namely , the simple cell , ( according to Morren of an amylaceous granule ) however different they may be from each other in station , function , or appearance . For , in the first place , we find them all deve- loped in ...
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... common , and was , till lately , supposed to be the only kind that exists . This sort of tissue is to be considered the basis of vegetable structure , and the only form indispen- sable to a plant . Many plants consist of nothing else ...
... common , and was , till lately , supposed to be the only kind that exists . This sort of tissue is to be considered the basis of vegetable structure , and the only form indispen- sable to a plant . Many plants consist of nothing else ...
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... common in numerous species , and Purkinje has shown , by a series of excellent observations and drawings , that it constitutes the lining of the valves of almost all anthers . The forms under which it exists in these parts are far more ...
... common in numerous species , and Purkinje has shown , by a series of excellent observations and drawings , that it constitutes the lining of the valves of almost all anthers . The forms under which it exists in these parts are far more ...
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Adolphe Brongniart albumen anther apex appears axis bark base become body botanists Botany bracts branches buds bundles called calyx Cand Candolle carbonic acid carpels cause cavity cells cellular tissue centre chalaza character cloth colour common consists containing corolla cotyledons cyclosis developement dicotyledons direction disk Dutrochet Edition embryo epidermis exist extremity fibres filament fleshy flowers fluid foramen fruit glands grains green growing hairs hilum inches integument kind latex layers leaf leaflets leaves light Linnĉus lobes Loudon margin matter medullary rays membrane Mirbel monocotyledons nature nitrogen nucleus observed organs ovarium ovary ovule oxygen parenchyma pericarp petals petiole pistil pith placenta plants Plate plumula pollen pollen tube produced quantity radicle Raphides remarked roots round seeds separate side species specimens spiral vessels stamens stem stigma stomates structure substance surface term terminating tion tree tubes vascular vegetable veins wood woody tissue yellow