A comparative study of the leaves of Cat hay a argyrophylla Chun & Kuang and three species of Keteleeria Carrière

Details of the cuticular, epidermal and anatomical features of the leaves of Cathaya argyrophylla Chun & Kuang, are described and compared with those of three species of Keteleeria (K. davidiana (Bertrand) Beissner, K. fortunei (Murray) Carriere, and K. chien-peii Flous). The study supports the creation of Cathaya Chun & Kuang as a new genus of the Pinaceae.     

Development of Stomata in Lactuca sativa L.

The structure of the epidermis on various parts of the plantof Lactuca sativa Linn. is described. Development of stomatais studied in young leaves and stems. Tognini (1897) has previouslymentioned that the stomata on stems of L. virosa develop froma meristemoid with four cutting faces but the present studypoints out that the meristemoid cuts off only two mesogene neighbouringcells and the two others are perigene.     

Taxonomy of the genus Ephedra. Significance of stem and leaf epidermis and cuticle

Epidermal and cuticular characters of 30 taxa of Ephedra (including 24 species and six additional varieties) are described and their taxonomic value is discussed.     

On the possible occurrence of anisospory in some Hepaticae

PANT, D. D. & SINGH, R., 1989. On the possible occurrence of anisospory in some Hepaticae. Possible anisospory is reported for the first time in four species of Hepaticae, viz., Targionia indica Udar, Targionia hypophylla L., Cyathodium aureo-nitens Griff. (Mitt.), Cyathodium barodae Chavan. The report is based on observations of wide variations in size of spores comparable with those of anisosporous mosses of the family Orthotrichacae.     

Epidermal Structure and Stomatal Ontogeny in Some Eusporangiate Ferns

Cuticles, mature epidermis, and stomatal ontogeny in some speciesof the three genera of Ophioglossaceae and in Angiopteris evectawere studied. Development of stomata is perigenous in all Ophioglossaceaebut it is mesoperigenous (Piper type) in A. evecta.     

Development of Stomata in Equisetum

Hitherto published accounts of the development of stomata inEquisetum are conflicting about the sequence of divisions andabout the formation of a sub-stomatal cell from a meristemoid.The present study of the development of stomata in a speciesidentified as E. ramosissimum subspecies ramosissimum supportsthe observations of Strasburger (1867) and Pant and Mehra (1964)on the basis of sections cut in various planes through internodesof the plant.     

Epidermal Structure and Stomatal Ontogeny of Anemia Spp.

This paper describes the cuticle, epidermis, and the differentkinds of stomata met with in three species of Anemia.Observationsmade on the ontogeny of the Anemia type or ‘floating’stomata in A. rotundifolia show that their meristemoids giverise to a guard cell mother cell by the formation of a periclinalwall as suggested earlier by other workers.     

A CALCIUM ACTIVATED PROTEASE IN SQUID AXOPLASM

Evidence for a protease in squid axoplasm which is selectively activated by Ca²⁺ and blocked by SH-inhibitors is presented. This protease appears to be particularly effective in degrading squid neurofilament proteins, but also extensively degrades various other major protein components in axoplasm.     

Development of Stomata in Some Cruciferae

Epidermal structure and ontogeny of stomata are described forten species or varieties of Cruciferae. The mature stomata aretypically anisocytic. Their development is of the mesogenoustrilabrate type. The spiral sequence of divisions in the meristemoidmay be clockwise or anticlockwise. Very often the neighbouringcells divide and form successive generations of stomata whichbecome arranged in groups. Some theoretical implications ofthe study are also discussed.