The microscopy of vegetable foods : with special reference to the detection of adulteration and the diagnosis of mixtures (1906)
Winton, Andrew Lincoln, 1864-1946, Moeller, Josef, 1848-1924 · New York : John Wiley & Sons · leaf 670
eft (legumes). Of great importance is its position, which may be central or nearlyso (cereals, cassava), or else excentric, (potato, Bermuda arrowroot,turmeric, canna). The rings of the grain are circular or excentric,according to the location of the hilum about which they are arranged. Polarized… … Fig. 572. Starch Grains viewed with Polarized Light. 7 potato. II curcuma. ///wheat; IV bean. X300. (Winton.) hilum, the dark lines intersect at the center, forming X-shaped crosses.In grains with excentric hilum they often intersect so near one endthat they appear to be V-shaped. The crosses in…
Plant anatomy · Food adulteration and inspection · Microscopy
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