. Botany of the living plant. Botany; Plants. 66 BOTANY OF THE LIVING PLANT and divide, acting as a cambium-cell. The cells thrown off from it on the inner side take the characters of additional cortex ; those on the outer side enlarge, their cell-contents are absorbed, and their. Fig. 43. Diagrams illustrating successive steps in the formation of cork in the cells (2) directly below the epidermis (1). A shows the first division. B shows the state after repeated divisions, resulting in a radial row of cells. Of these the outer (a) are cork; the innermost (c) are phelloderm, which adds to the c
. Botany of the living plant. Botany; Plants. 66 BOTANY OF THE LIVING PLANT and divide, acting as a cambium-cell. The cells thrown off from it on the inner side take the characters of additional cortex ; those on the outer side enlarge, their cell-contents are absorbed, and their. Fig. 43. Diagrams illustrating successive steps in the formation of cork in the cells (2) directly below the epidermis (1). A shows the first division. B shows the state after repeated divisions, resulting in a radial row of cells. Of these the outer (a) are cork; the innermost (c) are phelloderm, which adds to the cortex, (b) represents the cork-cambium. thin walls are changed to impervious cork (Fig. 44 : parts right and left of the drawing). As the cells fit closely without intercellular spaces, they form a complete protective covering. Partly owing to the growth in bulk within, but chiefly because the cork cuts it off. 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 Bower, F. O. (Frederick Orpen), 1855-1948; Wardlaw, C. W. (Claude Wilson), 1901-. London, Macmillan and Co. , ltd.
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