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The fertilizing cell, its varying form and behavior by Nelly Peery, 1890

The fertilizing cell, its varying form and behavior by Nelly Peery, 1890, Page 84

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[page]82[/page] [sideways table: 5 columns] Plants observed | Size of Cell | Hours of Germ. | Fertilizing Agent | Remarks -------------------------------- Smilacina stellata | 13-15mm | 16 | insects | Pollen somewhat longer than wide and ridged longitudinally at first but after remaining in the moist chamber for a time they become rounded, and the ridges disappear. Only a few germinated. -------------------------------- Prunus virginiana | 1.1mm | 4 | insects | Grains peculiarly ridged, somewhat like Merryanthus-Pl. IX fig.10. Tubes 270m.m. long, though only a few germinated.
 
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