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THE STRUCTURE AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE HYDATHODES OF SPARTINA TOWNSENDII GROVES

THE STRUCTURE AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE HYDATHODES OF SPARTINA TOWNSENDII GROVES JOYCE WINTEREOTHAM, B.Sc. University College, Southampton (With 19 figures in the text) INTRODUCTORY HE sea cord-grass, Spartina Townsendii Groves, grows abundantly in muddy, coastal and estuarine soils which are regularly inundated by the tides, particularly on the south coast of England. The body of the plant consists of a horizontal fleshy rhizome invested by scale leaves and ending in a large bud, which in the spring grows out of the mud to become the annual aerial shoot of the plant. The axis of the latter is vertical, terminates in the inflorescence, and is completely enclosed in its lower half by the sheaths of the foliage leaves, which are borne alternately in two opposite rows. The mature leaf consists of a split sheath which very closely clasps the axis and the sheath of the next leaf above, a lamina attached to the top of the sheath and carried at a wide angle to the vertical, and thirdly a soft hairy ligule closely pressed to the axis at the junction of the sheath and lamina. The lamina and sheath are connected by a cartilaginous pulvinar articulation. The general anatomy of Spartina Townsendii has been described in detail by Sutherland & http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png New Phytologist Wiley

THE STRUCTURE AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE HYDATHODES OF SPARTINA TOWNSENDII GROVES

SKELDING, A. D.; WINTERBOTHAM, JOYCE
New Phytologist , Volume 38 (1) – May 1, 1939
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JOYCE WINTEREOTHAM, B.Sc. University College, Southampton (With 19 figures in the text) INTRODUCTORY HE sea cord-grass, Spartina Townsendii Groves, grows abundantly in muddy, coastal and estuarine soils which are regularly inundated by the tides, particularly on the south coast of England. The body of the plant consists of a horizontal fleshy rhizome invested by scale leaves and ending in a large bud, which in the spring grows out of the mud to become the annual aerial shoot of the plant. The axis of the latter is vertical, terminates in the inflorescence, and is completely enclosed in its lower half by the sheaths of the foliage leaves, which are borne alternately in two opposite rows. The mature leaf consists of a split sheath which very closely clasps the axis and the sheath of the next leaf above, a lamina attached to the top of the sheath and carried at a wide angle to the vertical, and thirdly a soft hairy ligule closely pressed to the axis at the junction of the sheath and lamina. The lamina and sheath are connected by a cartilaginous pulvinar articulation. The general anatomy of Spartina Townsendii has been described in detail by Sutherland &

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