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The microscope and its revelations (1881)

Carpenter, William Benjamin, 1813-1885 · Philadelphia : Blakiston · leaf 499

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disappears altogether. Solong as the starch-grains remain embedded in the protoplasm-layer,they continue to grow • but when they accumulate so as to occupythe cell-cavity, their growth stops. They are sometimes minuteand very numerous, and so.closely packed as to fill the cell-cavity(Fig. 246); in… … klls of PfBony. filled with Starch. Granules of Starch, as seen underPolarized Light. that they form but a small proportion of the cell-contents. Theirnature is at once detected by the addition of a solution of Iodine,which gives them a beautiful blue colour. Each granule, when highlymagnified,…

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