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Page 11
... bark and leaves , is not owing to any difference in the colour of the cells , but to colouring matter of different kinds which they contain . In the stem of the Garden Balsam ( Impatiens Balsamina ) , a single cell is frequently red in ...
... bark and leaves , is not owing to any difference in the colour of the cells , but to colouring matter of different kinds which they contain . In the stem of the Garden Balsam ( Impatiens Balsamina ) , a single cell is frequently red in ...
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... bark in the stem of Exogens , the soft substance of the stem of Endogens , the delicate membranes of flowers . and their appendages , and both the hard and soft parts of fruits and seeds . It appears that the spheroid is the figure ...
... bark in the stem of Exogens , the soft substance of the stem of Endogens , the delicate membranes of flowers . and their appendages , and both the hard and soft parts of fruits and seeds . It appears that the spheroid is the figure ...
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... bark of many herbaceous plants , and frequently in pith . ( Plate I. fig . 13. ) 4. The prismatical ; in some pith , in liber , and in the vici- nity of vessels of any sort . ( Plate I. fig . 6. ) 5. The cylindrical ( Plate I. fig . 8 ...
... bark of many herbaceous plants , and frequently in pith . ( Plate I. fig . 13. ) 4. The prismatical ; in some pith , in liber , and in the vici- nity of vessels of any sort . ( Plate I. fig . 6. ) 5. The cylindrical ( Plate I. fig . 8 ...
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... bark of Urtica nivea . These observations are , however , not conformable to the experience of others . De Candolle is of opinion that the motion seen by Malpighi is due to a hygrometrical quality combined with elasticity ; and as ...
... bark of Urtica nivea . These observations are , however , not conformable to the experience of others . De Candolle is of opinion that the motion seen by Malpighi is due to a hygrometrical quality combined with elasticity ; and as ...
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... bark , except in Nepenthes , where they are found in prodigious quantities , not only between the alburnum and the liber , em- bedded in cellular tissue , as was first pointed out to me by Mr. Valentine , but also sparingly both in the bark ...
... bark , except in Nepenthes , where they are found in prodigious quantities , not only between the alburnum and the liber , em- bedded in cellular tissue , as was first pointed out to me by Mr. Valentine , but also sparingly both in the bark ...
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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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