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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 79

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[page]77[/page] [sideways table: 5 columns] Plants observed | Size of Cell | Hours of Germ. | Fertilizing Agent | Remarks -------------------------------- Ribes rotundifolium | 9-10 | 30 | insect | Looks much like [?Rosereum?] -- Pl. IX fig 5. In 56 hrs, the tubes were [?250?]-380m.m. long though comparatively few germinated. -------------------------------- Quercus palustris | 15. | [?24?.24?] | insect | Grain somewhat triangular, with 3 foveae; surface smooth, wall thin. tubes 100m.m. long with one or more constrictions across each. The protoplasm of the tube seems to break loose from the grain entirely. -------------------------------- Merryanthus trifoliata | 15-18 | 15 | insect | Very curiously ridged: tubes 300m.m. long. Pl. IX fig 10.
 
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