. Gray's school and field book of botany. Consisting of "Lessons in botany," and "Field, forest, and garden botany," bound in one volume. Botany; Botany. 430. ponding structure; except that, owing to the great air-spaces of the interior, the fabric may be likened rather to a stack of chimneys than to a solid fabric. In young and partly transparent parts one may discern the cel- lular structure by looking down directly on the surface, as of a form- ing root. (Fig. 82, 441, 442). 402. The substance of which cell-walls are mainly composed is called Cellulose. It is essentially


. Gray's school and field book of botany. Consisting of "Lessons in botany," and "Field, forest, and garden botany," bound in one volume. Botany; Botany. 430. ponding structure; except that, owing to the great air-spaces of the interior, the fabric may be likened rather to a stack of chimneys than to a solid fabric. In young and partly transparent parts one may discern the cel- lular structure by looking down directly on the surface, as of a form- ing root. (Fig. 82, 441, 442). 402. The substance of which cell-walls are mainly composed is called Cellulose. It is essentially tiie same in the stem of a delicate leaf or petal and in the wood of an Oak, except tiiat in the latter the walls are PlO. i38. Diagram of a vegetable cell, such as it would be if when spherical it irere equally pressed by similar surrounding cells in a heap. Fig. 439. Ideal construction of cellular tissue so formed, in section. Fib. 440. Magnified view of a portion of a transverse slice of stem of Calla liily. The great spaces are tubular air-channels built up by the 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 Gray, Asa, 1810-1888; Gray, Asa, 1810-1888. Elements of botany for beginners and for schools; Gray, Asa, 1810-1888. Field, forest, and garden botany. New York : American Book Co.


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