Imbibition and Growth of Opuntia. 



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%o Sodium hydro/id 

 Nutrient solution 

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 Time in hours 



18 



Fia. 30. The course and amount of swelling of sections of Opuntia in solutions as indicated dur- 

 ing a period of 24 hours. Fresh sections 12 mm. across were cut from green joints and placed 

 in glass dishes in a dark room at 18 C. The lines are traced from the results of measure- 

 ments made at 6-hour intervals. Compare with fig. 31. (Redrawn after E. R. Long.) 



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 N /so Malic acid 



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April 10 13 16 20 23 27 30 



FIG. 31. Record of growth of flower-buds of Opuntia, on joints the bases of which were immersed 

 in solutions, the imbibition effects of which are shown in fig. 30. The record covers a period 

 of three weeks, or the entire measurable period of extension of the buds to the time of open- 

 ing. The preparations stood in a glass house and were exposed to alternating conditions of 

 daylight and darkness and to temperatlres of about 15 to 30 C. (See fig. 30.) (Redrawn 

 after E. R. Long.) 



