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Histology of medicinal plants

Part 3 — INDEX

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Abbé condenser, illustration, 11

Absorption tissue, introduction, 121

tissue of leaves, 125

Aerating tissue, introduction, 151

Annular vessels, illustration of, 129

Bark, of white pine powdered, description of, 250

of white pine powdered, illustration of, 251

unrossed white pine, cross-section, illustration of, 249

Barks, description of, 248

diagnostic structures of, 253

structural variations of, 252

Base sledge microtome, 35

sledge microtome, illustration, 35

Bast fibres, 89

branched, 92

branched, illustrations, 95

crystal bearing, 90, 92

description of, 100

groups of, illustrations, 102

non-porous and non-striated, 96

non-porous and non-striated, illustrations, 101

non-porous and striated, 96

occurrence in powdered drugs, 103

of barks, illustrations, 91, 93, 94

of klip buchu leaf, 262

of ruellia rhizome, 226

of ruellia root, 223

of ruellia stem, 235

of spigelia stem, 235

porous and non-striated, illustrations, 98

porous and striated, 92

porous and striated, illustrations, 97

storage function of, 179

striated and non-porous, illustrations of, 99

Bi-collateral vascular bundles, description of, 298

Buchu stems, cross-section, illustration of, 243

cross-section, illustration of, 244

powdered, description of, 245

powdered, illustration of, 246

Cambium of pink root, 221

of ruellia rhizome, 226

of ruellia stem, 237

of spigelia rhizome, 223

of spigelia stem, 235

Camera lucida, 22

illustrations, 22

Care of microscope, 28

Celery fruit, diagrammatic drawing of, 287

Cell contents, 182

aleurone grains, 197

aleurone grains, description of, 198

aleurone grains, form of, 197

aleurone grains, structure of, 197

aleurone grains, tests for, 198

chlorophyll, 182

crystals, 200

crystals, composition of, 200

crystals, micro-, 200

crystals, raphides, 200

crystals, rosette, 200

crystals, solitary, variation of, 205

cystoliths, 210

cystoliths, forms of, 210

cystoliths, occurrence of, 215

cystoliths, tests for, 215

hesperidin, 196

hesperidin, test for, 196

inulin, 194

inulin, tests for, 194

leucoplastids, 183

mucilage, 194

mucilage associated with raphides, tests for, 194

mucilage, tests for, 194

organic, 182

starch grains, formation of, 183

starch grains, hilum nature of, 188

starch grains, hilum of, 185

starch grains, mounting of, 188

starch grains, occurrence of, 184

starch grains, outline of, 185

starch grains, size of, 185

starch grains, tests for, 188

tannin, 196

tannin, occurrence of, 196

tannin, test for, 197

volatile oil, test for, 196

volatile oils, 196

Cell division common to onion root, 56

Cell plate, 55

Cell sap, 53

Cell, typical, 53

Cell wall, 53

Chromatin, 54

Chromatin granules, 55

Chromatophores, 53

Chromosomes, 55

Closed collateral bundles of mandrake stem, cross-section illustration of, 296

Collateral vascular bundles, 295

Collenchyma cells, composition of walls, 109

illustrations, 108

occurring in catnip and motherwort, illustrations, 107

of ruellia stem, 235

structure of, 106

Compound microscope, illustration, 10

microscope, mechanical parts of, 7, 8

microscope of Robert Hooke, illustration, 8

microscope, optical parts of, 9, 11, 12

microscopes, introduction, 7

Concentric vascular bundles, 295

Conducting tissue, introduction, 126

Cork cells, origin of, 88

Cortical parenchyma, conduction by, 147

of ruellia stem, 235

Cortex, of pink root, 219

of ruellia rhizome, 226

of ruellia root, 221

of ruellia stem, 235

of spigelia rhizome, 223

of spigelia stem, 233

Cover glasses, 43

illustrations, 44

Crystal cavities, 176

cells, storage function of, 179

Cutting sections, 31

Cystoliths, illustrations of, 214

Cytoplasm, 53

Daisies, white, powdered, description of, 282

illustration of, 283

Dissecting microscope, illustration, 5

needles, 46

needles, illustration, 46

Drawing apparatus, illustration, 23

Ectoplast, 53

Embryo, diagnostic structures of, 291

Endocarp of celery fruit, 288

Endodermal cells, illustrations of longitudinal sections, 119

illustrations of cross-sections, 117

introduction, 116

structure of, 116, 118

Endodermis, of klip buchu leaf, 262

of pink root, 219

of ruellia root, 223

Endosperm of celery fruit, 288

of seeds, 291

Epicarp of celery fruit, 285

Epidermal cells of leaves, storage function of, 179

Epidermis, surface deposits of, 62

of herbaceous stems, illustrations of, 152

of klip buchu leaf, 260

of leaves, illustrations of, 155

of mountain laurel, 264

of pink root, 219

of ruellia rhizome, 226

of ruellia root, 221

of ruellia stem, 235

of seeds, 289

of spigelia rhizome, 223

of spigelia stem, 233

of testa, 63

Epidermis of trailing arbutus, 264

Equatorial plane, 55

plate, 55

Fibro-vascular bundles, composition of, 292

of klip buchu leaf, 262

types of, 292

Flowers, diagnostic structures of, 284

parts of, 270

Folding magnifier, 4

illustration, 4

Fruits, cellular structure of, 285

diagnostic characteristics of, 288

diagnostic structures of, 288

Glandular hairs of peppermint, 178

illustrations of, 165

multicellular, 164

multicellular, multiseriate stalked, 166

multicellular, multiseriate stalked, description of, 166

multicellular, multiseriate stalked, occurrence, 166

multicellular sessile, 164

multicellular stalked, 164

multicellular, uniseriate stalked, 164

stalked, illustrations of, 167

storage function of, 178

unicellular, 164

unicellular, multiseriate stalked, 164

unicellular sessile, 164

unicellular stalked, 164

unicellular, uniseriate stalked, 164

Glandular tissue, introduction, 164

Glass slides, 44

illustrations, 44

Greenough binocular microscope, 15

illustration, 15

Guard cells, 151

Hairs, multicellular, multicellular non-branched, illustration, 75

multicellular, multiseriate branched, of Shepherdia, 78

multicellular, multiseriate branched, 77, 82

multicellular, multiseriate branched, illustrations, 79, 81

multicellular, multiseriate non-branched, 74

multicellular, uniseriate branched, illustration, 76

multicellular, uniseriate non-branched, 72

multicellular, uniseriate non-branched, illustrations of, 73

Hand cylinder microtome, illustration, 34

microtome, 31

microtome, illustration, 31

table microtome, 34

table microtome, illustration, 34

Horehound, powdered, description of, 237

powdered, illustration of, 238

spurious, powdered, description of, 237

spurious, powdered, illustration of, 239

Hypoderm of seeds, 289

Hypodermal cells, of leaves, storage function of, 179

illustrations, 120

structure of, 118

Hypoderms, of klip buchu leaf, 260

of ruellia root, 221

Illumination for microscope, 26

Indirect cell division, 54, 55

Inner bark of white pine, 248

epidermis of seeds, 291

Insect flower leaves, powdered, illustrations of, 268

stems, description of, 241

stems, powdered, illustration of, 240

Insect flowers, closed, powdered, illustration of, 279

open, description of, 280

open, powdered, illustration of, 281

powdered, description of, 278

Intercellular spaces, 158

illustrations of, 160, 161

Internal phloem, of spigelia stem, 235

Inulin, illustrations of, 195

Karyokinesis, 54, 55

Klip buchu, cross-section, illustration of, 261

powdered, description of, 262

powdered, illustration of, 263

Labeling, 47

Latex cavities, 176

tube cavities, 176

tubes, 142, 144

tubes, illustration of, 145

vessels, illustrations of, 146

Leaf epidermis, 59

illustrations, 60, 61

Leaf parenchyma, conduction by, 150

Leaves, diagnostic structures of, 267

stomata, 260

Lenticel, illustration of cross-section, 159

Lenticels, ærating function of, 157

structure of, 158

Linin, 54

Long paraffin process, 29

Machine microtomes, 32

Measuring cylinder, 40

illustration, 40

Mechanical stage, 21

stage, illustration, 22

tissue, 89

Medullary ray, 139

bundle, 139

bundle in tangential-section of quassia wood, 258

cell, 141

cell, arrangement of, in the ray, 142

cell, structure of, 142

cells, in cross-section of quassia wood, 254

cells, in radial-section of quassia wood, 258

cells, in tangential-section of quassia wood, 258

cells, of ruellia stem, 237

Medullary rays, illustration of cross-sections of, 143

illustration of longitudinal section, 140

in cross-section of quassia wood, 254

in radial-section of quassia wood, 254

of pink root, 221

of ruellia rhizome, 227

of ruellia root, 223

of spigelia rhizome, 226

of white pine bark, 250

Mesocarp of celery fruit, 285

Method of mounting specimens, 41

Micro-crystals, illustrations of, 201

lamp, 27

Micrometer eye-pieces, 21

illustrations, 20, 21

Microphotographic apparatus, 24

illustration, 24

Microscope, how to use, 25

Microscopic measurements, 19

Microtome, care of, 36

Middle bark of white pine, 248

lamella, 55

layers of seeds, 291

Minor rotary microtome, 36

illustration, 36

Mountain laurel, cross-section, illustration of, 265

Mucilage cavities, 172, 176

Multicellular hair, 72

Nuclear membrane, 55

spindle, 55

Nucleoli, 55

Nucleus, 53

Objectives, illustrations, 11

Ocular micrometer, 19

illustration, 19

Oil cavities, occurrence, 178

of leaves, 178

of seeds, 178

unicellular, 172

Open collateral vascular bundles, description of, 298

Origin of multicellular plants, 57

Outer bark of white pine, 248

Palisade parenchyma, conduction by, 150

Papillæ, 67

illustrations of, 275

of stigmas, illustrations of, 276, 277

stigma, description of, 274

Paraffin, blocks, 31

embedding oven, illustration, 30

Parenchyma, aquatic plant, 150

cells of white pine, 248

conduction by, 144

cortical, illustrations of, 148

of mountain laurel, 264

of trailing arbutus, 264

pith, illustrations of, 149

Pericycle of pink root, 221

of ruellia root, 223

Periderm, 80

cork, 80

illustrations of, 86

of cascara sagrada, illustrations, 84

of white oak bark, illustration of, 87

parenchyma and stone cells, 85

stone cells, 85

Permanent mounts, 41

Pharmacognostic microscope, illustration, 12

Phloem, centric bundle of calamus, cross-section, illustration of, 294

of ruellia rhizome, 226

of ruellia stem, 235

of spigelia rhizome, 223

of spigelia stem, 233

Phloem parenchyma, conduction by, 150

of pink root, 221

of ruellia rhizome, 226

of ruellia root, 223

of ruellia stem, 235

of spigelia rhizome, 223

of spigelia stem, 235

Photosynthetic tissue, 163

Pink root, description of, 227

Pith parenchyma, conduction by, 147

of pink root, 221

of ruellia rhizome, 227

of ruellia root, 223

of ruellia stem, 237

of spigelia rhizome, 226

of spigelia stem, 235

Pitted vessels, with bordered pores, illustration of, 135

illustrations of, 134

Plant hairs, forms of, 67

introduction, 66

Polar caps, 55

Polarization microscope, 16

illustration, 16

Pollen grains, 270

non-spiny-walled, description of, 273

smooth-walled, illustrations of, 271

spiny-walled, description of, 273

spiny-walled, illustrations of, 272

Preparation of specimens for cutting, 28

Protoplast, 53

Quassia wood, cross-section, illustration of, 255

radial-section, illustration of, 257

Radial vascular bundles, 292

skunk cabbage root, cross-section, illustration of, 293

Raphides, illustrations of, 203

Reading glass, 4

illustration, 4

Reagent set, illustration, 39

Reagents, list of, 38

Research microscope, 13

illustration, 14

Reserve cellulose, illustrations of, 180-181

Reticulate vessels, illustrations of, 133

Root hairs, 121, 122, 125

illustration of, 123

illustration of fragments, 124

Roots and rhizomes, 219

diagnostic structures of, 227

Rosette and solitary crystals, illustrations of, 213

crystals, illustrations of, 204

crystals, inclosed, illustrations of, 206

Ruellia ciliosa, Pursh., powdered, illustration of, 229

ciliosa, Pursh., rhizome, cross-section, illustration of, 225

ciliosa, Pursh., stem, cross-section, illustration of, 236

root, description of, 227

root, illustration of, 222

Scalpels, 46

illustration, 47

Scissors, 46

illustration, 46

Sclariform vessels, illustrations of, 132

Seeds, parts of, 289

Secretion cavities, of celery fruit, 288

description of, 176

illustrations of, 169-171

introduction, 166

lysigenous, 168

schizogenous, 168

schizo-lysigenous, 168

unicellular, 168

Secretion cells, of klip buchu leaf, 262

of white pine, 248

Short paraffin process, 29

Sieve cells, of klip buchu leaf, 262

of pink root, 221

of ruellia rhizome, 226

of ruellia root, 223

of ruellia stem, 235

of spigelia stem, 235

Sieve plate, 138

illustration of, 137

Sieve tube, illustration of, 137

tubes, introduction, 136

tubes, structure, 136

Simple microscope, introduction, 3

Slide box, 48

box, illustration, 48

cabinet, 49

cabinet, illustration of, 49

forceps, 45

forceps, illustrations, 45

tray, 48

tray, illustration, 48

Solitary crystals, illustrations of, 207-209, 211, 212

unicellular hairs, 69

Special research microscope, 14

illustration, 14

Specimens, preservation of, 48

Spermoderm, of celery fruit, 288

of seeds, 289

Spigelia marylandica, powdered, illustration of, 228

rhizome, cross-section, illustration of, 224

root, cross-section, illustration of, 220

stem, cross-section, illustration of, 234

Spindle fibres, 55

Spiral vessels, illustrations of, 129, 130

Spongy parenchyma of klip buchu, 260

Stage micrometer, 19

illustration, 19

Staining dish, 40

illustration, 40

Standardization of ocular micrometer, 19

Starch grains, illustrations of, 186, 187, 189-193

Steinheil lens, 5

illustration, 5

Stems, diagnostic structures of, 233

dicotyledonous, 233

herbaceous, 233

monocotyledonous, 233

Stomata, ærating function of, 151

illustrations of cross-section, 156

relation to surrounding cells, 154

types of, 153

Stone cells, of ruellia root, 223

branched, 109

branched, illustrations of, 110

description, in, 112

introduction, 109

occurrence, illustrations, 115

porous and non-striated, 111

porous and non-striated, illustrations of, 114

porous and striated, 109

porous and striated, illustrations of, 113

storage function of, 178

Storage cavities, 176

cavities, illustrations of, 177

cells, 173

cells, cortical parenchyma, 173

cells, illustrations of, 174

cells, pith parenchyma, 173

cells, wood parenchyma, 173

tissue, 173

walls, description of, 179

Stored mucilage and resin, illustrations of, 175

Surrounding cells, arrangement of, 154

Synthetic tissue, introduction, 163

Temporary mounts, 41

Testa cells, 65

epidermal cells, illustrations, 64

Tracheids of pink root, 221

Trailing arbutus leaf, cross-section, illustration of, 266

Tripod magnifier, 4

illustration, 4

Turntable, 46

illustration, 47

Under epidermis of klip buchu leaf, 262

epidermis of mountain laurel, 264

of trailing arbutus, 264

hypodermis of klip buchu leaf, 262

palisade parenchyma of klip buchu leaf, 262

Unicellular clustered hairs, 72

clustered hairs, illustrations, 71

non-glandular hairs, 69

solitary branched hairs, 72

solitary hairs, illustrations, 70

Upper palisade parenchyma of klip buchu leaf, 260

palisade parenchyma of mountain laurel, 264

Vacuoles, 53

Vascular bundles, arrangement of, 292

occurrence of, 292

Vessels, annular, 127

and tracheids, introduction, 126

in cross-section of quassia wood, 254

in radial-section of quassia wood, 254

in tangential-section of quassia wood, 258

of ruellia rhizome, 226

of ruellia root, 223

of ruellia stem, 237

of spigelia rhizome, 226

pitted, 131

pitted with bordered pores, 131

reticulate, 131

sclariform, 128

spiral, 127

Water pores, aerating function of, 151

Watchmaker’s loupe, 4

illustration, 4

Wood fibres, color of, 104

illustrations, 105

in cross-section of quassia wood, 254

in radial-section of quassia wood, 258

in tangential-section of quassia wood, 258

introduction, 104

structure of, 104

Wood parenchyma, conduction by, 150

in cross-section of quassia wood, 254

in radial-section of quassia wood, 258

of pink root, 221

of ruellia rhizome, 227

of ruellia root, 223

of ruellia stem, 237

of spigelia rhizome, 226

of spigelia stem, 235

Woods, description of, 254

diagnostic structures of, 258

Woody stems, buchu stem, description of, 242

mature buchu stem, 242

Xylem, of pink root, 221

of ruellia rhizome, 226

of ruellia root, 223

of ruellia stem, 237

of spigelia rhizome, 226

of spigelia stem, 235

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