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... transparent and colourless . It appears to 1 * For the supposed chemical difference between elementary membrane and fibre , see Book II . Chapter 1 . be sometimes capable of extension with the same rapidity as 6 BOOK I. ORGANOGRAPHY .
... transparent and colourless . It appears to 1 * For the supposed chemical difference between elementary membrane and fibre , see Book II . Chapter 1 . be sometimes capable of extension with the same rapidity as 6 BOOK I. ORGANOGRAPHY .
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... appears otherwise , its colour is caused by matter contained within it . If a thin slice of the pith of elder , or of any other plant , be examined with a microscope , it will be found to have a sort of honeycomb appearance , as if ...
... appears otherwise , its colour is caused by matter contained within it . If a thin slice of the pith of elder , or of any other plant , be examined with a microscope , it will be found to have a sort of honeycomb appearance , as if ...
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... appear to differ in different plants . Amici says that the new tubes of Chara appear like young buds , from the points or axils of pre - existing tubes , an observation which has been confirmed by Slack . It has been stated by Mirbel ...
... appear to differ in different plants . Amici says that the new tubes of Chara appear like young buds , from the points or axils of pre - existing tubes , an observation which has been confirmed by Slack . It has been stated by Mirbel ...
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... appears that in Confervæ the increase in number of the cells takes place by the internal division of the parent cells . In Conferva glomerata the last joint is always as long as those below it , only rather more slender . The branches ...
... appears that in Confervæ the increase in number of the cells takes place by the internal division of the parent cells . In Conferva glomerata the last joint is always as long as those below it , only rather more slender . The branches ...
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... appears that the spheroid is the figure which should be considered normal or typical in this kind of tissue ; for that is the form in which bladders are always found when they are generated separately , without exercising any pressure ...
... appears that the spheroid is the figure which should be considered normal or typical in this kind of tissue ; for that is the form in which bladders are always found when they are generated separately , without exercising any pressure ...
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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 colour common considered consists containing corolla cotyledons cyclosis developement dicotyledons direction disk distinct Dutrochet elongated embryo epidermis exist external 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 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 sometimes species specimens spiral vessels stamens stem stigma stomates structure substance surface term terminating tion tree tubes vascular vegetable veins wood woody tissue yellow
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