THE STOEAGE OF EESEEVE MATEEIALS 247 



protoplasmic framework, in the meshes of which the oil is 

 formed, much as it is in the protoplasm of the seeds already 

 described. 



All these bodies, when acted upon by a process ana- - 

 logous to the digestion known in the animal kingdom, are 

 converted into materials which can directly nourish the 

 living substance, or can be transported easily about the 

 plant in a condition of which the latter can readily take 

 advantage, needing indeed very little constructive change 

 to fit them for actual assimilation. 



