. The essentials of botany. Botany. 30 BOTANY. is the terminal one of a row of cells, as in many seaweeds and fungi. The apical cell, in such cases, keeps on grow- ing in length, and at the same time horizontal partitions are forming in its basal portion. In this way long lines of cells may originate. 55. In the more complicated cases the segments cut ofE from the apical cell grow and subdivide in different planes, so as to give rise to masses of cells. The partitions which. Fis. 20.—Longitndinal section of apex of stem of a Moss (Fontinalis antipy- retica). v, apical cell; z. apical cell of l
. The essentials of botany. Botany. 30 BOTANY. is the terminal one of a row of cells, as in many seaweeds and fungi. The apical cell, in such cases, keeps on grow- ing in length, and at the same time horizontal partitions are forming in its basal portion. In this way long lines of cells may originate. 55. In the more complicated cases the segments cut ofE from the apical cell grow and subdivide in different planes, so as to give rise to masses of cells. The partitions which. Fis. 20.—Longitndinal section of apex of stem of a Moss (Fontinalis antipy- retica). v, apical cell; z. apical cell of lateral leaf-forming shoot, arising below a leaf; c, first cell of leaf; b, i>, b, cells forming cortex. successively divide the apical cell are sometimes perpendic- ular to its axis, but more frequently they are oblique to it. In most mosses, for example (Fig. 20), the apical cell is a triangular, convex-based pyramid, whose apex is its proxi- mal portion. The successive segments are cut off from the apical cell by alternate partitions parallel to its sides, thus giving rise to three longitudinal rows of cells. Most ferns and their relatives have an apical cell not much different. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Bessey, Charles E. (Charles Edwin), 1845-1915. New York, Holt
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