The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Volumen36A. and C. Black, 1844 |
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... kind of tissue called Prosenchyma . The cells of the outer layer are not in parallel lines , but in some cases are very regularly arranged , while in others they are less so ; they constitute ordinary cellular tissue or parenchyma . The ...
... kind of tissue called Prosenchyma . The cells of the outer layer are not in parallel lines , but in some cases are very regularly arranged , while in others they are less so ; they constitute ordinary cellular tissue or parenchyma . The ...
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... kind is to be found in the allied fossils Stig- maria and Anabathra , nor does it appear that a similar character occurs in any recent plants . In some of the latter , however , we have instances of vascular bundles being widely ...
... kind is to be found in the allied fossils Stig- maria and Anabathra , nor does it appear that a similar character occurs in any recent plants . In some of the latter , however , we have instances of vascular bundles being widely ...
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... kind will materially affect the conclusion in question . Within the last three years the collection of fossil plants in the New- castle Museum has been enriched with two nearly complete stems of the so - called Sigillaria reniformis in ...
... kind will materially affect the conclusion in question . Within the last three years the collection of fossil plants in the New- castle Museum has been enriched with two nearly complete stems of the so - called Sigillaria reniformis in ...
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... kind are of exceedingly rare occurrence in the North of England coal - field ; nearly all that are published in the " Fossil Flora " from this district are either decorticated or exhibit only the inner surface of one or other of the two ...
... kind are of exceedingly rare occurrence in the North of England coal - field ; nearly all that are published in the " Fossil Flora " from this district are either decorticated or exhibit only the inner surface of one or other of the two ...
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... kind displayed on that division of the diagram 4 , marked B ; while Brongniart's representation of Sig . pyriformis ( Pl . 153 , fig . 3 ) , shews the appearance on the division marked A of diagram 3 ; the for- mer exhibits an ...
... kind displayed on that division of the diagram 4 , marked B ; while Brongniart's representation of Sig . pyriformis ( Pl . 153 , fig . 3 ) , shews the appearance on the division marked A of diagram 3 ; the for- mer exhibits an ...
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Página 170 - From the kernels the Indians fashion the knobs of walking-sticks, the reels of spindles, and little toys, which are whiter than ivory, and as hard, if they are not put under water ; and if they are, they become white and hard again when dried. Bears devour the young fruit with avidity.
Página 261 - But the most uncommon and unsightly ornamental fashion, adopted by some of both sexes, is their having the under-lip slit, or cut, quite through, in the direction of the mouth, a little below the swelling part. This incision, which is made even in the sucking children, is often above two inches long, and either by its natural retraction, when the wound is fresh, or by the repetition of some artificial management, assumes the true shape of lips, and becomes so large as to admit the tongue through.
Página 170 - The fruit at first contains a clear insipid fluid, with which travellers allay their thirst ; afterwards this same liquor becomes milky and sweet, and it changes its taste by degrees as it acquires solidity, till at last it is almost as hard as Ivory. The liquor contained in the young fruits turns acid if they are cut from the tree and kept some time.
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