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... leaves the Oxford student of the fundamental facts of Zoology little to desire . But the Linacre Professor wrote for the student of Animal life only , and , naturally , with an especial eye to the conditions which obtain in his own ...
... leaves the Oxford student of the fundamental facts of Zoology little to desire . But the Linacre Professor wrote for the student of Animal life only , and , naturally , with an especial eye to the conditions which obtain in his own ...
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... leaves , branches , root - filaments , and reproductive organs , are disposed in circles , or whorls . In the middle and lower parts of the plant these whorls are disposed at considerable and nearly equal distances ; but , towards the ...
... leaves , branches , root - filaments , and reproductive organs , are disposed in circles , or whorls . In the middle and lower parts of the plant these whorls are disposed at considerable and nearly equal distances ; but , towards the ...
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... leaves are also similar to the stem , so far as they consist of axial and cortical cells , but they differ in the form and proportions of these cells , as well as in the fact that the summit , or free end , of the leaf is always a much ...
... leaves are also similar to the stem , so far as they consist of axial and cortical cells , but they differ in the form and proportions of these cells , as well as in the fact that the summit , or free end , of the leaf is always a much ...
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... leaves . In the still lower parts of the stem the internodal cells get longer and longer , but they never divide . The nodal cells , on the other hand , multiply by division , but do not greatly elongate . From the first , the nodal ...
... leaves . In the still lower parts of the stem the internodal cells get longer and longer , but they never divide . The nodal cells , on the other hand , multiply by division , but do not greatly elongate . From the first , the nodal ...
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... some distance below the free end of the pro - embryo , undergoes budding , and gives rise to a set of leaves ( which are not arranged in a whorl ) , amidst which a bud appears , which has the structure of VI . ] 45 STONEWORTS .
... some distance below the free end of the pro - embryo , undergoes budding , and gives rise to a set of leaves ( which are not arranged in a whorl ) , amidst which a bud appears , which has the structure of VI . ] 45 STONEWORTS .
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