Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 109
the green color- ing matter of the plant formed by the action ofsunlight. Botanists call this green matter chlo-rophyl. The cells on the upper part of theleaf that are especially exposed to sunlight arewell filled with chlorophyl, and are long andnarrow, packed side by side closely together.These… … SECTIONS OF A LEAF. Drawn under a microscope. At upper left are shown the pali-sade cells. Below these in the same figure are the cells laid to-gether loosely, often with very minute air-spaces between them.The two lower figures and the upper right show the fuzzy appear-ance of the leaf. This is…
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