. On the Development and Morphology of the Leaves of Palms. genera thus confirmsHirmers view, which was based on a study of another genus—Phoenix. It ismuch to be desired that some botanist, working at a tropical station wherethe leaves of a number of growing Palms are available, would give us acomprehensive account of the structure and history of the coiffe. 3. The Terminal Gland Attention was drawn by Baillon* in 1895 to the fact that the first leavesproduced by a Palm seedling are usually entire and parallel-nerved, and endinune sorte de glande terminale, appareil excreteur, dorit Texistenc
. On the Development and Morphology of the Leaves of Palms. genera thus confirmsHirmers view, which was based on a study of another genus—Phoenix. It ismuch to be desired that some botanist, working at a tropical station wherethe leaves of a number of growing Palms are available, would give us acomprehensive account of the structure and history of the coiffe. 3. The Terminal Gland Attention was drawn by Baillon* in 1895 to the fact that the first leavesproduced by a Palm seedling are usually entire and parallel-nerved, and endinune sorte de glande terminale, appareil excreteur, dorit Texistence estpassagere. I have observed this apical structure in the plumular leavesof Phoenix dactylifera (fig. 5, A-0) and Pritchardia Jilifera {^g. 5,1)-F). Inthese cases the main^part of the leaf-limb is, as usual, dorsiventral, whereas the * Baillon, H. (1895). 256 Dr. A. Arber. On the Development and apex is solid, and cylindrical in section (fig. 5, C and F). I have seen evidenceof the glandular function which Baillon attributes to this apical region in.
Size: 2680px × 933px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1920, bookidphiltrans081, bookyear1922
