PROTECTIVE ARRANGEMENTS ON THE EPIDERMIS. 



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daughter-cells; the division is repeated and gives rise to a small chain of three, four, 

 or five short cells which project slightly above the surface of the leaf. The top cell 

 does not divide further, but enlarges in a striking manner, not, oddly enough, 

 lengthening in an upward direction, but transversely, parallel to the leaf-surface, 

 forming a lancet-shaped, rod-like structure, which shades the leaf, and is supported 

 by its sister cells as if on a pedestal. Thousands of such curious hair-structures, 



Mg. 77.— Covering Hairs. 



1 Articulated woolly hairs of Gnaphalium Leontopodium. 2 Articulated velvety hairs of Gloxinia speeiosa. s Silky hairs of 

 Convolvulus Cneorum. 4 Ribbon-like flattened woolly hairs of Gnaphalium tomentosum.. 5 Spiral woolly hairs of Cen- 

 taurea Baguaina. « Stellate hairs of Alysmm Wierzbiclcii. 1 Umbrella-shaped hairs of Koniga spinosa ; surface view. 

 8 Vertical section of the same hairs. 9 Stellate hairs of Draba Thomasii. x about 50. 



which may best be compared to compass-needles, clothe the surface of the leaf in 

 close proximity to each other, and when they are arranged in a regular manner, 

 they reflect the light uniformly, and produce a distinctly silky lustre. If they are 

 twisted, this lustre is lessened to a greater or less extent. This variety of hairs, 

 called T-shaped, is distributed in a remarkable way. Numerous species of Astra- 

 galus, the scabious of the Mediterranean flora (Scabiosa cretica, hymeltia, gramini- 

 folia), several Crucifers (Syrenia, Erysvmwm), native on the steppes of Southern 



Russia, the magnificent Aster argophyllus of Australia, and particularly numerous 

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