. A manual of botany. Botany. ACTION OF ROOT-HATES 417 temperature till its interstices are apparently empty be exposed to a heat approaching that of boiling water, a considerable quantity of vapour will be given off, due to the volatilising of the hygroscopic films. We have seen that the youngest roots and rootlets are furnished near their apices with a number of delicate hairs (fig- 1181) or outgrowths of their epidermal cells (fig. 1182), which make their way into the interstices of the soil. Not only do these play a very important part in anchoring the plant to the substratum, but they are
. A manual of botany. Botany. ACTION OF ROOT-HATES 417 temperature till its interstices are apparently empty be exposed to a heat approaching that of boiling water, a considerable quantity of vapour will be given off, due to the volatilising of the hygroscopic films. We have seen that the youngest roots and rootlets are furnished near their apices with a number of delicate hairs (fig- 1181) or outgrowths of their epidermal cells (fig. 1182), which make their way into the interstices of the soil. Not only do these play a very important part in anchoring the plant to the substratum, but they are the means by which the water is absorbed. The delicate walls of these root-hairs come into the closest relationship to the particles of soil, pressing in some cases Fig. 1181. Fig. 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 Green, J. Reynolds (Joseph Reynolds), 1848-1914. London, J. & A. Churchill
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