. Freaks and marvels of plant life; or, Curiosities of vegetation. Plant anatomy. FREAKS OF PLANT LIFE. into four zones. On the first one, or that nearest the mouth of the pitcher, are numerous stomata, and also a large number of strongly developed rigid hairs, which point downward. The second zone is characterised by the fact that each cell of the surface is prolonged downward into a short mammillary process, its wall being striated longitudinally. Wc next come to a divi- sion which is smooth, hairs are entirely ab- sent, and the cells are sinuous in outline. The fourth division is by far the
. Freaks and marvels of plant life; or, Curiosities of vegetation. Plant anatomy. FREAKS OF PLANT LIFE. into four zones. On the first one, or that nearest the mouth of the pitcher, are numerous stomata, and also a large number of strongly developed rigid hairs, which point downward. The second zone is characterised by the fact that each cell of the surface is prolonged downward into a short mammillary process, its wall being striated longitudinally. Wc next come to a divi- sion which is smooth, hairs are entirely ab- sent, and the cells are sinuous in outline. The fourth division is by far the longest, and is crowded with long hairs, the points of which are all di- Fig. <).-Sarraceniapurpurea. rected towards the a Section of ffland. v.„„n .a. , „ . , * base, but they are not b Hair from upper zone. * c Hair from lower zone.—Gilburf. so stout or strong as those found near the mouth of the ; In explanation the rigid hairs of the upper zone are shown to agree in all respects with an ordinary trichome, being simply the outgrowth of a single cell. These hairs (fig. 9) on their external surface show a few deeply-. 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 Cooke, M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt), b. 1825. London, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge; New York, E. & J. B. Young
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