File:The American botanist - a monthly journal for the plant lover (1903) (18090930456).jpg
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| Title | File:The American botanist - a monthly journal for the plant lover (1903) (18090930456).jpg |
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| Commons page id | 44187427 |
| Category | Botanical illustrations |
| Description on Commons | Title : The American botanist : a monthly journal for the plant lover Identifier : americanbotani4161903bing ( find matches ) Year : 1901 ( 1900s ) Authors : Subjects : Botany Publisher : Binghamton, N. Y. : Willard N. Clute & Co. Contributing Library : Smithsonian Libraries Digitizing Sponsor : Biodiversity Heritage Library View Book Page : Book Viewer About This Book : Catalog Entry View All Images : All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: THE AMERICAN BOTANIST, 9 quickly examine the cut surfaces with a simple magnifier he will see a most interesting sight. From the gaps made by the knife in the delicate walls of the sporophylls, a live- ly crowd of spores come tumbling out (fig. 6) jostling each other in their haste and apparently urged on by those be- hind. As each fat little spore reaches the open, it unfolds its elaters,like four tiny wings, (figs. 3 and 4) and quickly sails out of the field. Text Appearing After Image: As long as the moisture in the tissues is evaporating, they continue to come. To change the scene one has only to dip his specimen into water At once ever^^ elater is coiled (fig. 5). Even those spores just balancing on tip- toe as it were, for flight, decide to remain and all seem try- ing to shrink into the smallest compass possible. We are taught that the elaters function is in assisting the spores to escape from the sporangia, but it appears that they are Note About Images 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 work. |
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| Date on Commons | 1903 |
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