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 67
consist chiefly ofvitellin. Endosperm of Wheat. —A grain of wheat {Triticum vulgare)€an be recommended as a second object of study. The grain isfirst halved (across) with a pocket-knife, then the half fixed in asmall hand-vice in order to have sections taken from it. Thistime it is desirable so to… … Fig. 12.—Cross section through a grain of wheat(Triticum vulgare). p, pericarp of fruit; t, testa ofseed. In the endosperm cells succeeding to these:al, aleurone grains ; avi, starch grains; n, nucleus(x -240). The skin is formed of dead cells pressed closely together (p),and represents the…
Botany · Plant physiology · Microscopy
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