Common objects of the microscopeWood, J. G. (John George)
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Common objects of the microscope
Wood, J. G. (John George)
Microscopes; Microscopy
Fig. 11 is the Sphacelária, so called from the curious capsule cells
found at the end of the branches, and termed sphacelæ. This portion
of the plant is shown more magnified in Fig. 12. Another sea-weed is
represented in Fig. 13, in order to show the manner in which the fruit
is arranged; and a portion of the same plant is given on a larger scale
at Fig. 14.
A very pretty little sea-weed called Cerámium is shown at Fig. 15; and
a portion showing the fruit much more magnified is drawn at Fig. 22.
Fig. 23 is a little alga called Myrionéma, growing parasitically on the
preceding plant.
Fig. 16 is a section of a capsule belonging to the Hálydris siliquósa,
showing the manner in which the fruit is arranged; and Fig. 17 shows
one of the spores more magnified.
Fig. 18 shows the Polysiphónia parasítica, a rather common species of
a very extensive genus of sea-weeds, containing nearly three hundred
species. Fig. 19 is a portion of the stem of the same plant, cut across
in order to show the curious mode in which it is built up of a number
of longitudinal cells, surrounding a central cell of large dimensions,
so that a section of this plant has the aspect of a rosette when placed
under the microscope. A capsule or “ceramídium” of the same plant is
shown at Fig. 20, for the purpose of exhibiting the pear-shaped spores,
and the mode of their escape from the parent-cell previous to their
own development into fresh plants. The same plant has another form
of reproduction, shown in Fig. 21, where the “tetraspores” are seen
imbedded in the substance of the branches. There is yet a third mode
of reproduction by means of “antheridia,” or elongated white tufts at
the extremities of the branches. The cells produced by these tufts
fertilise the rudimentary capsules, and so fulfil the function of the
pollen in flowering plants.
Fig. 25 is the Cladóphora, a green alga, figured to illustrate its mode
of growth; and Fig. 26 represents one of the red sea-weeds, Ptilóta
élegans, beautifully feathered, and with a small portion shown also
on a larger scale, in order to show its structure more fully. A good
contrast to this species is seen on Fig. 27, and the mode in which the
long, slender, filamentary fronds are built up of many-sided cells is
seen just to the left hand of the upper frond. Fig. 24 is a portion of
the lovely Delesséria sanguínea, given in order to show the formation
of the cells, as also the arrangement by which the indistinct nervures
are formed.
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