. The British Charophyta. Characeae. Pio. 14.—i. Enlarged node of underground stem of Chara dilicatula, showing rudimentary whorl of branchlets and numerous starch- bearing cells, ii. Longitudinal section of enlarged stem-node of the same. Both after Kuczewski. ( x u. 24.) i. e., those having rounded lobes. Dr. Giesenhagen finds some of a somewhat different type, with more or less acute lobes, their shape being due to several divergent outgrowths of rows of large cells surrounded by smaller ones, producing an irregularly star-shaped process (Fig. 13 i). It is diflBcult to draw any definite lin


. The British Charophyta. Characeae. Pio. 14.—i. Enlarged node of underground stem of Chara dilicatula, showing rudimentary whorl of branchlets and numerous starch- bearing cells, ii. Longitudinal section of enlarged stem-node of the same. Both after Kuczewski. ( x u. 24.) i. e., those having rounded lobes. Dr. Giesenhagen finds some of a somewhat different type, with more or less acute lobes, their shape being due to several divergent outgrowths of rows of large cells surrounded by smaller ones, producing an irregularly star-shaped process (Fig. 13 i). It is diflBcult to draw any definite line between the multicellular stem-bulbils and the enlarged lower stem-nodes which occur in many species, and which fulfil the same function. Fig. 14 shows an enlarged stem-node, in which while stipulodes. 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 Groves, James; Bullock-Webster, George Russell, 1858- joint author. London, The Ray society


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