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... exists among the most distinguished botanists , upon some points connected with this subject , so that it has been found expedient to enter occasionally into much detail , for the purpose of satisfying the student of the accuracy of the ...
... exists among the most distinguished botanists , upon some points connected with this subject , so that it has been found expedient to enter occasionally into much detail , for the purpose of satisfying the student of the accuracy of the ...
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... 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 ; and in no case is it ever absent . It constitutes the whole of ...
... 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 ; and in no case is it ever absent . It constitutes the whole of ...
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... exists in these parts are far more various than those of membranous cellular tissue . The principal varieties are these : — A. Membrane and Fibre combined . 1. Fibres twisted spirally , adhering to a spheroidal or angu- lar membrane ...
... exists in these parts are far more various than those of membranous cellular tissue . The principal varieties are these : — A. Membrane and Fibre combined . 1. Fibres twisted spirally , adhering to a spheroidal or angu- lar membrane ...
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... exist in the bark of Urtica nivea , it seems that there is some inaccuracy in Don's remark . The situation of spiral vessels is in that part of the axis of the stem surrounding the pith , and called the medullary sheath , and also in ...
... exist in the bark of Urtica nivea , it seems that there is some inaccuracy in Don's remark . The situation of spiral vessels is in that part of the axis of the stem surrounding the pith , and called the medullary sheath , and also in ...
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... exist . My friend , Mr. Griffith , has succeeded in unrolling them in the young shoots of Lycopodium denticulatum , and Mr. Quekett in Diplagium seramporense . Some have thought that the spiral vessels terminate in those 32 BOOK I ...
... exist . My friend , Mr. Griffith , has succeeded in unrolling them in the young shoots of Lycopodium denticulatum , and Mr. Quekett in Diplagium seramporense . Some have thought that the spiral vessels terminate in those 32 BOOK I ...
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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