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Vegetable secretions and the means by which by are effected by Kate L. Hudson, 1888

Vegetable secretions and the means by which by are effected by Kate L. Hudson, 1888, Page 16

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12 as in the conifers, come very close to the simpler forms which appear in the animal structure. In this study of glandular cells it will be seen that the class of glands, such as the pulvinus, which appear in the locust leaves and others, is not touched upon, but the study is confined to secreting cells and organs. The simplest form of a gland, considered functionally, is a single cell. The most striking example of this is found in plant hair. Here we find the terminal cell or cells, glandular. The secretion is beneath the cuticle, so the actual
 
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