A Textbook of Botany for Colleges, Μέρη 1-2

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Macmillan, 1920 - 604 σελίδες
 

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The characteristics of protoplasm
35
The waterloss or transpiration from plants
43
The adjustments of green tissues to light
52
The various forms of foliage leaves
58
The forms and functions of leaves other than foliage
72
The nutrition of plants which lack chlorophyll
82
The autumnal and other coloration of leaves
88
The economics and treatment in cultivation of leaves
94
The uses of the photosynthetic food
97
THE MORPHOLOGY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF STEMS 1 The distinctive characteristics of stems
113
The structure of stems and support of the foliage
115
The cellular anatomy of stems
128
The development of stems and leaves from buds
135
The arrangements of leaves on stems
139
The transfer of water and food through plants
144
The growth of stems and other plant parts
153
The respiration of plants
162
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172
The geotropism of stems
174
The various forms of foliagebearing stems
179
The forms and functions of stems not connected with support of foliage
191
The monstrosities of stems and leaves
196
The economics and treatment in cultivation of stems
205
THE MORPHOLOGY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF ROOTS
212
The structure of roots
215
The cellular anatomy of roots
220
The absorption of water and other functions of roots
224
Osmotic processes in plants
232
The composition and structure of soils
237
The selfadjustments of roots to prevailing conditions
247
The additional and substitute functions of roots
250
The economics and treatment in cultivation of roots
257
Summary of the functions and tissues of plants
261

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Σελίδα v - A very good, up-to-date college text, "written in the knowledge that to nearly all college students an introductory course in Botany is part of a general education, and not a preparation for a professional botanical career ... In conformity with this aim, the book gives more attention to the large and visible aspects of plant nature than to the minute and obscure.
Σελίδα 21 - ... adapted to spread chlorenchyma to light. The formation of the sugar being thus a process of synthesis under action of light, is known as PHOTOSYNTHESIS. What now are the materials from which the grape sugar is constructed? The chemical formula of grape sugar is...
Σελίδα 271 - ... Redraw this figure on a sheet of paper and label the parts. Although pistils vary much in number of carpels, length of styles, and in number of locules and ovules, there is uniformity in organization and adaptation of parts to special functions. The stigma is especially adapted for receiving pollen, the style supports the stigma in a position suitable for receiving the pollen, and the ovary protects the delicate ovules in which is the embryo sac containing the egg and primary endosperm nucleus,...

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