Histology of medicinal plantsMansfield, William James
Science
Histology of medicinal plants
Mansfield, William James
Botany, Medical; Plant anatomy
Papillæ occur on the following parts of the plant: flower-petals,
stigmas, styles, leaves, stems, seeds, and fruits. Papillæ occur on
only a few of the medicinal leaves.
The under surface of both Truxillo (Plate 6, Fig. 3) and Huanuca coca
have very small papillæ. The outermost wall of these papillæ are much
thicker than the side walls. The papillæ of klip buchu (Plate 6, Fig.
4), an adulterant of true buchu, has large thick-walled papillæ.
The velvety appearance of most flower-petals (Plate 6, Figs. 2 and
5) is due to the presence of papillæ. The papillæ of flower-petals
are very variable. In calendula flowers (Plate 6, Fig. 1) they
are small, yellowish in color, and the outer wall is marked with
parallel striations which appear as small teeth in cross-section.
The ray petal papillæ of anthemis consist of rather large, broad,
blunt papillæ with slightly striated walls. The papillæ of the ray
petals of the white daisy consist of papillæ which have medium sized,
cone-shaped papillæ with finely striated walls. The papillæ of the
flower stigma vary greatly in different flowers. In some cases two or
more types of papillæ occur, but even in these cases the papillæ are
characteristic of the species.
The papillæ differ greatly in the case of the flowers of the
compositæ, where two types of flowers are normally present--namely,
the ray flowers and the disk flowers.
In all cases observed the papillæ of the stigma of the ray flowers
are always smaller than the papillæ of the stigma of the disk
flowers. It would appear from extended observation that the papillæ
of the ray flower stigma are being gradually aborted. The papillæ of
the style are always different from the papillæ of the stigma. The
style papillæ are always smaller, and they are of a different form.
[Illustration: PLATE 6
PAPILLÆ
1. Calendula flowers (_Calendula officinalis_, L.).
2. White daisy ray flower (_Chrysanthemum leucanthemum_, L.).
3. Coca leaf (_Erythroxylon coca_, Lamarck).
4. Klip buchu.
5. Anthemis ray petal (_Anthemis nobilis_, L.).]
UNICELLULAR NON-GLANDULAR HAIRS
=True plant hairs= are tubular outgrowths of the epidermal cell, the
length of these outgrowths being several times the width of the hair.
The unicellular hairs are common to many plants. The two groups
of non-glandular unicellular hairs are, first, the solitary; and
secondly, the clustered hairs.
=Solitary unicellular hairs= occur on the leaves of chestnut, yerba
santa, lobelia, cannabis indica, the fruit of anise, and the stem of
allspice, senna, and cowage.
Chestnut hairs (Plate 7, Fig. 1) have smooth yellowish-colored walls,
and the cell cavity contains reddish-brown tannin. These hairs occur
solitary or clustered; the clustered hairs normally occur on the
leaf, but in powdering the drug, individual hairs of the cluster
become separated or solitary.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
Reviews
Reviews
No reviews yet
Be the first to share your thoughts on this work.
Join the Discussion
Join the discussion
Sign in to leave a comment or review.
Sign InorCreate an account