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The microscope and its revelations (1891)

Carpenter, William Benjamin, 1813-1885, Dallinger, W. H. (William Henry), 1842-1909 · Philadelphia, Blakiston · leaf 687

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e entirely submerged, asthere is no distinct epiderm, so there are no stomates. In the erectleaves of grasses, the Iris tribe, &c. they are found equally (or nearlyso) on both surfaces. As a general fact,, they are least numerous insucculent plants, whose moisture, obtained in a scanty supply,… … Fig. 503.—Portion of epiderm of leaf of Irisgermanica torn from its surface, andcarrying away with it a portion of theparenchymatous layer in immediate con-tact with it: a, a, elongated cells of theepiderm ; b, b, cells of the stomates ; c, c,cells of the parenchyme ; d, d, impressionson the…

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