Handbook of practical botany for the botanical laboratory and private student (1908)
Strasburger, Eduard, 1844-1912, Hillhouse, William, 1850-1910 · London, S. Sonnenschein; New York, Macmillan · leaf 118
lack, because filled with air.—In order to seethe guard-cells well, now turn the section over. It can thenbe easily proved that the stoma is enclosed between two semi-lunar guard-cells. In distinction from the neighbouring epider-mal cells these cells contain chlorophyll bodies. The nucleiusually… … Fig. 28.—E])i(lermis of the under side of the leaf of Iris florentina. A, surfaceview; B, in cress section; /, stomatic pit; s, cleft, or stoma; c, cuticle; a, air-chamljer ( x 240). Since the long axis of the stomata coincides in this instancewith the long axis of the leaf, it is easy to obtain…
Botany · Plant physiology · Microscopy
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