Meaning of merithallus | Babel Free

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An internode.

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“In fact, in the same way that we see⟳ in the monocotyledonous embryo, which has taken all its normal expansion, a radicular mamilla which constitutes its descending system, and a cauliculus, a cotyledon, and its support⟳, which form⟳ together its ascending system, in the same manner also we see⟳ in the more advanced plant⟳ the root which represents the radicle, that is to say⟳, the descending system, and the merithallus with the leaf and its petiole, which represent⟳ the cauliculus, the cotyledon, together with its support⟳, that is to say⟳, the ascending system.”

“[…]but when we examine⟳ the increase⟳ of this branch in part, we see⟳, with Cassini, that each merithallus, or internode, grows principally by its lower part[…]”

“Prof. F. Delpino regards the leaf, not as an independent organ, but as a section of a merithallus, the free projecting portion of a cone of growth, the remaining elements of which are closely united with one another to form⟳ the axial shoot⟳.”

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