 | 1849 - 630 pàgines
...considered in those respects, a new work." The author in his preliminary remarks defines a plant as " a cellular body possessing vitality, living by absorption...through its outer surface, and secreting starch." This definition, in the present state of our knowledge, is, perhaps, the least objectionable one which... | |
 | 1851 - 606 pàgines
...investigations, however, have determined that the power of secreting starch is confined to vegetables alone j and therefore, in the present state of knowledge,...clothed with jungle. Then, the rich meadows of our ott-n country abound in ample verdure ; our exposed and lofty mountains are covered with the heather,... | |
 | Asa Gray - 1853 - 542 pàgines
...animals arc not to be drawn from this class of characters. Dr. Lindley's definition, that " a plant is a cellular body, possessing vitality, living by...through its outer surface, and secreting starch," is so far good, that it indirectly recognizes the essential function of vegetation, starch being one... | |
 | Asa Gray - 1853 - 540 pàgines
...animals are not to be drawn from this class of characters. Dr. Lindley's definition, that " a plant is a cellular body, possessing vitality, living by...absorption through its outer surface, and secreting starch" is so far good, that it indirectly recognizes the essential function of vegetation, starch being one... | |
 | Samuel Octavus Gray - 1867 - 442 pàgines
...SEA-WEEDS IN THE VEGETABLE KINGDOM ; THEIE STEUCTUEE, ETC. 1 A PLANT, according to recent authors, is "a cellular body, possessing vitality, living by...through its outer surface, and secreting starch." Accepting this definition as sufficient for my present purpose, which is not to treat of plants generally,... | |
 | Pennsylvania State Agricultural Society - 1876 - 532 pàgines
...consisting in the organized fabric involved in vegetable growth. Dr. Lindley's definition, " that a plant is a cellular body, possessing vitality, living by...through its outer surface, and secreting starch," recognizes the essential function of vegetation, starch being one cf its organic products — yet it... | |
 | Pennsylvania State Agricultural Society - 1876 - 532 pàgines
...consisting in the organized fabric involved in vegetable growth. Dr. Lindley's definition, " that a plant is a cellular body, possessing vitality, living by absorption through its outer surface, and secretin9 starch," recognizes the essential function of vegetation, starch being one cf its organic... | |
 | George Dallas Lind - 1882 - 544 pàgines
...overlap each other. Lindley's definition of a plant is at least approximately true. He says : " A plant is a cellular body, possessing vitality, living by...through its outer surface, and secreting starch." It is, however, claimed by later scientists that some of the lower animal forms secrete starch. 3.... | |
 | 1849 - 630 pàgines
...considered in those respects, a new work." The author in his preliminary remarks defines a plant as " a cellular body possessing vitality, living by absorption...through its outer surface, and secreting starch." This definition, in the present state of our knowledge, is, perhaps, the least objectionable one which... | |
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a cellular body, possessing vitality, living by absorption through its outer surface, and secreting starch. 