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ELEMENTS OF BOTANY. 



151. Plants Destitute of Chlorophyll not Starch-Makers. — 

 Aside from the fact that newly formed starch-grains are first 

 found in the chlorophyll bodies of the leaf and the green 



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-A Group of Indian Pipe Plants {Monotropa uniflora). 

 Saprophytes and colorless. 



layer of the bark, one of the best evidences of the intimate 

 relation of chlorophyll to starch-making is derived from the 

 fact that plants which contain no chlorophyll cannot make 



