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... examination of the vast mass of evidence upon which the modern science of botany is founded , are , nevertheless , anxious to ac- quire a distinct idea of the nature of that evidence . Another and not less important purpose has been to ...
... examination of the vast mass of evidence upon which the modern science of botany is founded , are , nevertheless , anxious to ac- quire a distinct idea of the nature of that evidence . Another and not less important purpose has been to ...
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... examining a plant themselves into possession of all the facts necessary to acquire a just notion of its structure and affinities ; it is indis- pensable that the principles of making descriptions should be clearly understood , both to ...
... examining a plant themselves into possession of all the facts necessary to acquire a just notion of its structure and affinities ; it is indis- pensable that the principles of making descriptions should be clearly understood , both to ...
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... examined , it is found that these cavities have a variety of different figures , and that each is closed up from those that surround it ; if the inquiry is carried still farther , it will be discovered that the partitions between the ...
... examined , it is found that these cavities have a variety of different figures , and that each is closed up from those that surround it ; if the inquiry is carried still farther , it will be discovered that the partitions between the ...
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... examined by the most powerful microscopes , and I am by no means able to discover the regular lines upon its section which are represented so uniformly by the German anatomists . There can , however , be no doubt that the membrane of ...
... examined by the most powerful microscopes , and I am by no means able to discover the regular lines upon its section which are represented so uniformly by the German anatomists . There can , however , be no doubt that the membrane of ...
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... the sub- ject under examination will enable him to discover them readily , with a magnifying power of 350 diameters . But it is by no means to thin transparent tissue that these passages B 3 CHAP . I. 5 OF THE ELEMENTARY ORGANS .
... the sub- ject under examination will enable him to discover them readily , with a magnifying power of 350 diameters . But it is by no means to thin transparent tissue that these passages B 3 CHAP . I. 5 OF THE ELEMENTARY ORGANS .
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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 Linnæus 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