Author : Edwin Lankester
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780282757304
Total Pages : 474 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (573 download)
Book Synopsis Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science, 1866, Vol. 6 (Classic Reprint) by : Edwin Lankester
Download or read book Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science, 1866, Vol. 6 (Classic Reprint) written by Edwin Lankester and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-21 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science, 1866, Vol. 6 An amusing and not uninstructive asserted exception among our indigenous Exogens was lately brought to my notice by a friend. He took a fragment from a plant in his collecting box, put it under the microscope, and told me to look and declare fairly what I saw. Plainly many small raphides. I then learned that the plant was a Dodder and much to my surprise, as I had never found raphides in our plants of this genus. Accordingly some flowers and bits of its stem were carefully examined, and with much interest, when no raphides could be detected. The plant was at last given to me, when, in reply to my question as to the part in which he had shown them, he pointed to what he called the scales. And these turned out to be nothing more than small withered leaves, probably of Sherardia; certainly forming no part of the Dodder, and as surely belonging to a species Of the raphis bearing order Galiaceae! About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.