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HEREDITY AS ILLUSTRATED BY TRICHOMES. 



The disk-shaped trichomes are glandular and are to be found on both 

 surfaces of the leaves (fig. 4, /to ). 



The developmental history of the trichomes was not followed in all par- 

 ticulars. The following are some of the definite stages: 



The trichome originates as broad and squat outgrowths of an epidermal 

 cell, from which it is early separated by a cross-wall that nearly coincides 



Fia. 4. Trichomes ofjur/lansualifornica: a, group of awn-shaped trichomes forming a stellate 

 trichome, leaf-surface 81); 6 to n, various stages in the development of disk-shaped tri- 

 chomes (c, d, e, h,j, and ( X 535;/, g, i. and m X H60; n < 340); o, abnormal disk-shaped trichome 

 (X 535). 



with the adjacent epidermal walls. From its first appearance as a papillate 

 projection the disk-shaped trichome is easily distinguishable from the be- 

 ginnings of the other forms. The young trichome becomes 2-celled by a 

 transverse division which separates the stalk from the portion which will 



