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1892] Noteworthy Anatomical and Physiological Researches. 1 59 
When a cylindrical wire gauze was placed over the plant 
the hyphe made no bendings, although a bell glass made no 
difference at all in their response to the electrical stimulation. 
=(sEO, TONE. 
The vegetation of the paramos of Venezuela.' 
This paper contains a general sketch of the vegetation of 
the paramos with reference to the distribution and appearance 
of certain plants, and an account of the biology of these 
xerophilous plants. 
times small in size and with involute margins, or b 
hese characters are not, however, strictly separated, for 
ne may be observed upon the same plant. Several 
other families besides the Composite show the same pecul- 
arities, 
The leaves of Espeletia have an immense cover of long 
white h 
tig an 
orizo ach other as 
Closely as the ¢ ntally at out and cover e 
| Goma, 
Ische Schilderaa 
Die Vegetation der venezolanischen Paramos. Pflanzenbiolog- 
Sen, Pars 2. Marburg 1891. 
