a mass of smallcells destitute of chlorophyll, and therefore incapableof performing any nutritive function in the plant,or of taking any direct part in the elaboration of MOVEMENT IN PLANTS. 25 its nourishment. This pulvinus is the lower portionof the petiole, or leaf-stalk; and the movements ofthe… … Fig. 1.—After Darwin. Longitudinal section cf a Pulvinus, magnified seventy-five times, p p, petiole or leaf-stalk; /, fibro-vascular bundle ; h b, com-mencement of blade of cotyledon. when turgescent with sap, swell up, thus increasingsuddenly the bulk of the structure composed ofthem: and the…
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