Hsüa robusta,a new land plant from the Lower Devonian of Yunnan,China

A new psilophytic plant, Hsüa robusta, is found in the Xujiachong Formation (Emsian) of the Lower Devonian from the Qüjing (= Kütsing) district of Yunnan, China. This plant is tentatively referred to the Cooksoniaceae of Rhyniales. Hsüa gen. nov. Type species: Hsüa robusta (Li et Cai) C. S. Li. Diagnosis: Plants erect and then creeping. Main axes dividing pseudomonopodially and bearing dichotomous lateral branches which somewhat differentiate into vegeta, tire and fertile ones, with dichotomous root-like and rhizophore-like appendages. Sporangia terminal, round to reniform or wide reniform, dehiscing along distal margin into two equal halves. Spores homosporous, trilete. Stomata anomocytic. Protostele centrarch. Hsüia robusta (Li et Cai) C. S. Li, comb. nov. Cooksonia zhanyiensis Li et Cai, Acta Geologica Sinica, 52 (1) 1978, p. 10, pl. II, fig. 6.——Taeniocrada robusta Li et Cai,ib. p. 10, pl. II, fig. 7—14. Diagnosis: Characters same as in generic diagnosis. Main axes 6—10 mm wide and at least 24 cm long, with vascular strands 1.2—2.4 mm acr oss. Fertile branches 3—4 times equally or unequally dichotomous, 10—1.5 mm in width and up to 11 cm in length, possessing a vascular bundle of 0.5 mm in its greatest diameter. Branches circinately coiled in apical regions. Axial tubercles, root-like and rhizophore— like appendages arising from the main axes usually anterior to the lateral branches. Axial tubercle round with a diameter of 2.2—2.4 mm, having a vascular bundle about l mm across. Rootlike branches 3 times bifurcate, 1—0.3 mm wide and up to 1.5 cm long, with a vascular bundle about 0.1 mm across. Rhizophore-like appendages forked, 3—1.7 mm in width, possessing a vascular bundle of 0.7 mm in its greatest diameter. Root-like protuberances sometimes arising from rhilzophore-like branches. Epidermal cells of axes generally elongate, measuring 60—290μby 25—60 μ. Stomata mainly fusiform, 90—110 μ long and 50—60μ wide, consisting of a pair of guard cells enclosing a pore 6—15μ in length and 1—3μ in width. Cuticle of guard cells quite thick. Stomatal density about 5 per mm². Sporangia 0.8—4.2 mm high, 1.0—8.2 mm across, usually having a dehiscent distal border which measures 50—100μ broad. Demarcation between sporangium and its stalk quite clear. Epidermal cells of basal part of sporangial walls elongate, about 100 μ long and 30μ wide, but those of distal part isodiametrally polygonal, about 50μ in diameter. Stomata, radially arranged scattering over sporangial walls, generally round about 50μ in diameter and 50 per sporangium. Spores round, 18—36μ (average 27μ) indiameter, and smooth. Tracheids of protoxylem about 10μ across; those of metaxylem about 30μ across, with scalariform thickening. This plant is similar to Renalia hueberi Gensel in general morphology, but differs from the latter in possessing root-like and rhizophore-like branches. The generic name is derived from Prof. Hsü Jen. This paper is a thesis for M. Sc.     

On Cordaites neimengensis sp. nov from Lower Permian of Zhungeerqi,Inner Mongolia, China

The leaf cuticle of Cordaites neimengensis sp. nov was studied by light and scanning electron microscopy. The specimens were collected from kower Permian of Zhungeerqi, Inner Mongolia (Neimenggu), China. Comparing with other species of Cordaites, it was a new species of the genus, based on the structure of its epidermis. Cordaites neimengensis sp. nov (Pis. Ⅰ to Ⅲ; Text-fig.l,B) The specimen comprises two incomplete leaves over 16 cm in length. One is about 1.4 cm wide at the lower part and 0.3 cm wide at the upper part, with nearly 29 veins per cm and 3 to 5 interstitials. The width of the other leaf is about 7.5 cm at the lower part and 8.2 cm at the upper part with 25 veins per cm and 3 to 5 interstitials. Epidermis amphistomatic. Epidermal cells of upper cuticle aligned in longitudinal rows, nearly rectangular in shape, about 33.6 to 86.4 pm x 10.2 to 28. 8 pm in size. Stomatal apparatus consisting of 2 sunken guard cells surrounded by 2 lateral and 2 polar subsidiary cells. Stomata haplocheillic, about 56.2 pm x 45.5 pm in size, usually arranged in short chains, with one polar subsidiary cell (usually 23.1 to 25.4 pm wide, 34.1 to 39.2 pm long in size) shared with 2 consecutive stomata. The polar subsidiary cells round, oblong or rhomboid in shape. The guard cells reniform or bean-shaped, usually 9.7 to 11.6 pm wide, 23.4 to 29.1 pm long in size. Density and index of stomata about 18/mm2 and 3.2%, respectively. Epidermal cells of lower cuticle also nearly rectangular in shape, about 62.4 to 144 pm × 9.6 to 16.8 pm in size. Stomata on the lower cuticle, haplocheillic, 40.8 pm wide and 48 pm long in size, with a pair of sunken guard cells, which is bean-shaped and surrounded by 2 lateral and polar subsidiary cells. Stomata arranging in parallel bands, typically one, sometimes two. As for the latter, a single row of lateral subsidiary cells (9.2 to 14.4 pm wide, 33.6 to 62.4 pm long in size) is shared with 2 parallel rows of stomata and occasionally also in bands with two rows side by side. In view outside, small papillae on the outer periclinal wall as well as the lateral subsidiary cells. In view inside, some folds along the anticlinal wall but flat about the periclinal wall. Nonstomatic bands usually with 1 to 10 rectangular cell rows. Density and index of the stomata about 209/mm2 and 27.2 %, respectively. 1401%-type: 9342; locality: Heidaigou of Zhungeerqi; Inner Mongolia, North China; Age: Lower Pennian (Shanxi Formation).     

三种国产阴地蕨科植物叶的表皮构造

运用光学显微镜和扫描电镜对三种国产阴地蕨科植物：劲直蕨萁(Botrypus strictus)、小阴地蕨(Botrychium lunaria)和薄叶阴地蕨(Sceptridium daucifolium)〖WTBZ〗叶的成熟表皮构造进行了详细观察和研究。它们具有共同的特征：气孔散生,气孔类型无规则型,气孔长轴方向多与叶脉延伸方向一致。但也存在明显区别,特别是劲直蕨萁与另外二个种的区别更为明显：前者表皮细胞垂周壁直,相邻气孔不接触,保卫细胞平周壁具细条纹。但后二者之间亦有一定区别：薄叶阴地蕨的气孔为下生式,不下陷,而小阴地蕨的气孔为两面气孔型,气孔下陷。本文是国内首次对阴地蕨科叶的表皮构造进行研究,其研究结果表明,表皮构造在阴地蕨科植物的鉴定上具有重要意义,并且在研究阴地蕨科的分类以及起源和演化上也有一定参考价值。     

Anatomical Structures of Microsporangiate Cone of Lepidodendrales-- Lepidos trobus Shanxiense sp. nov.

A new anatomically-preserved microsporangiate cone in the coal balls of Coal Seam No. 7 (P1′) at the upper part of Taiyuan Formation in Xishan Coal-Field, Taiyuan, Shanxi Province of China was described. Having been studied, it was placed into Lepidostrobus Brongniart and considered as a new species. Vegetative organs of Lepidodendrales from mainly belonged to the natural genus Lepidodendron, such as stems, leaves and roots in the coal balls were visualized. However a few of them probably belonged to the natural genus Sigillaria. Besides, the single megasporophylls with megasporangia of Achlarnydocarpon (the megasporangiate cone of Lep/dodendron) have been found in the coal balls, so the specimens under discussion might belong to Lepidodendron. Lepidostrobus shanxiense sp. nov. The cone more than 3.5 cm long and 1.6～ 1.8 cm in width. The axis possesses siphonostele. The sporophylls on the axis in spiral arrangement. The pedicel 6～ 7 mm long and the distal lamina more than 1.2 cm long. The pedicel alate with alations extending about 2 ～ 2. 5 mm outward. The microsporangium probably bag-shaped, equal to the pedicel in length, 4.5 mm wide and 2～ 3 mm high, attached to the pedicel for about 2/3 of its length. The wall one cell thick in fully matured microsporan gia and consists of uniform columnar cells. The microspore 68～77μm in diameter, trilete and the surface minutely granular.     

STUDIES ON THE LEAF OF AMARANTHUS RETROFLEXUS (AMARANTHACEAE***): MORPHOLOGY AND ANATOMY

The leaf of Amaranthus retroflexus L. was examined with the light microscope to determine its vasculature and the spatial relationship of the vascular bundles to the mesophyll. Seven leaf traces enter the petiole at the node and form an arc that continues acropetally in the petiole as an anastomosing system of vascular bundles. Upon entering the lamina, the arc of bundles gradually closes and forms a ring of anastomosing bundles that constitutes the primary vein, or midvein, of the leaf. As the midvein progresses acropetally, branches of the bundles nearest the lamina diverge outward and continue as secondary veins toward the margin on either side of the lamina. Along its course the midvein undergoes a gradual reduction in number of bundles until only one remains as it approaches the leaf tip. Tertiary veins arise from the secondaries, and minor veins commonly arise from all orders of major veins, as well as from other minor veins. All of the major veins are associated with rib tissue, although the ends of the tertiaries may resemble minor veins, which are completely encircled by chlorenchymatic bundle sheaths and mesophyll cells that radiate out from the sheaths. A specialized minor vein, the fimbrial vein, occurs just inside the margin of the leaf. Most of the mesophyll cells—the so-called “Kranz mesophyll cells”—are in direct contact with the bundle sheaths, but some—the so-called “nonKranz mesophyll cells”—lack such contact. Non-Kranz mesophyll cells are especially prominent where they form a network of mostly horizontally oriented cells just above the lower epidermis. Guard cells of both the upper and lower epidermis are spatially associated with nonKranz mesophyll cells.     

On Plant-Remains from the Devonian of Yunnan and their Significance in the Identification of the Stratigraphical Sequence of this Region

The present paper treats of three plant-remains recently collected in the district Chu-tsing, East Yunnan. They are Zosterophyllum yunnanicum sp. nov., Protopteridium minuturn Halle and Sporogonites yunnanense sp. nov., and their distinctions from the related species from the other parts of the world are rather fully discussed. In addition, the paper further discusses the geological age of the region wherefrom these and other plant-remains have been collected. Zosterophyllum yunnanicum is preserved in a bed of dark greyish sandy clay in the locality Hsu-Chia-Chong in the district Chuitsing, East Yunnan. It is associated with Drepanophycus spinaeformis Goeppert. This bed belongs to the uppermost layer of the Tsuifengshan Series. The diagnosis of Zosterophyllum yunnanicumsp, nov. is given as follows: A small plant with slender erect axes, about 1-1.3 mm across and sparingly dicho- tomous branches, axis possessing a slender central vascular strand. Sporangia are short-stalked, closely and radially arranged on the upper part of the erect axis to form a compact strobilus, up to 5 cm long. Each strobilus consists of about 40–50 sporangia which are roundish to reniform, about 1.9–2.7 mm across, and about 9.4 mm thick; dehiscence by a slit running along the convex upper edge. Epidermal cells of the axis and the sporangium are elongate-fusiform, about 360 μ long and 45-90μ wide. Zosterophyllum yunnanicum agrees with Z. myretonianum Penh. and Z. australianum in general morphology, but smaller in size. The genus Zosterophyllum has so far been recorded only from the Late Silurian of Australia and England and the Early Devonian of England, Scotland, France, Germany, West Siberia and North America. Remains of axes with H-shaped branching (cf. Zostero- phyllum) have previously been recorded by the present author from the district Chutsing (Hsu 1947, 354-355. Pl. V, Fig. 52 and text-figs. 5 a-c), but the actual locality and horizon were then unknown. So the present discovery of Z. yunnanicum helps to settle the question of the Tsuifengshan Series which is definitely not younger than the Late Devonian in age. Protopteridium minutum and Sporogonites yunnanense were found in a bed of light grey sandstone in the locality Lunghuashan of the same district, from where the type of Protopteridium minutum Halle was collected. From the same bed some fragments of Protolepidodendron scharyanum Krejci were observed. This bed belongs to the uppermost layer of the Lunghuashan Series. From the lower part of the same series fragments of Drepanophycus spinaeformis Goeppert were also collected. It is interesting to note that under a critical investigation by the present author, it conclusively proves that Proto-pteridium minutum is not a small plant, as Halle first described. It attains a height of at least 1 meter. The main axis measures about 1.8 cm in diameter. Both the larger and the smaller specimens show sympodial development. Unequally dichotomous branching has been found only in some primary and secondary lateral branches. Most of the lateral branches are pinnulelike and subdivide 4–6 times, each possessing a slender central vascular strand. If the terminology of Zimmermann is adopted, the type of branching may be described as "Oscillating overtopping". However, some slender branches have been observed. These branches are sparingly unequally dichotomous, forking 6–7 times, and appear to be thinner than those just mentioned. Young branches are circinately coiled. Sporangia are arranged in clusters, 2-4-8 in number, attached to the terminal branches. These sporangia are 0.9 mm long, fusiform or sometimes almost cylindrical. Some larger obovate ones are about 2.5 mm long and borne singly, or in 2 (rarely in 4) in each tassel on the top of the flattened lateral branches. Epidermal cells of the axes are elongate, about 136 Ft long and 45.5 μ wide, while those of the smaller sporangia are oblong-fusiform, about 100–150 μ long and 25 μ wide and those of the larger, about 130–230μ long and 40–70μ wide. No annulus is observed. Sometimes mineral grains, occupying the interior of the sporangia, are observable through a longitudinal slit in the wall and thus give false markings of cells. Evidently, the plant-body of Protopteridium minutum is much more complex than Halle thought. A new reconstruction of it is drawn here to replace that given by Halle in 1936. It is considered that Protopteridium minutum is more closely related to P. hostimense Krejci than to others. The former is also complex in the vegetative branches, but simpler in the fertile ones. Sporogonites yunnanense is represented only by some detached capsules, hich are elongate-obovate, measuring about 3.2–4.5 mm long and 1.4–1.8 mm wide. These capsules are borne on the top of a slender stalk, measuring about 0.4–0.8 mm across. The younger ones look rather smooth, but the mature ones exhibit 12 longitudinal ridges, separated by shallow grooves, 6 ridges being visible on the surface exposed. Epidermal cells of the wall of the capsules are elongate, 150μ long and 50 μ wide. No stomata could be made out among them. Sporogonites yunnanense closely resembles S. exaberans Halle of the Early Devonian, but the capsules of the former exhibit variable forms and the upper end of the capsules is rather more pointed than those of the latter. Owing to the occurrence of Drepanophycus spinaeformis and the general aspect of the flora so far known, the author suggests that the geological age of the Lunghuashan Series is of the Middle Devonian or probably the Early Eifelian. The flora of the Tsuifengshan Series is predominated by Drepanophycus spinaeformis and Zosterophyllum yunnanicum, thus indicating that its geological age is no doubt of the Early Devonian.     

15种铁角蕨科植物叶表皮形态特征的研究

利用光学显微镜对铁角蕨科15种植物的叶表皮形态特征进行观察。研究结果表明：（1）15种铁角蕨科植物的叶上、下表皮细胞形状为不规则型,垂周壁为深波状、波状或浅波状;上表皮细胞长宽比1.3~2.6,下表皮细胞长宽比1.3~4.1;（2）在15种铁角蕨科植物中共观察到7种气孔器类型,分别为腋下细胞型、不等细胞型、无规则四细胞型、无规则型、极细胞型、聚合极细胞型和聚腋下细胞型,每种植物具有2~5种气孔器类型,气孔均为下生型,多为椭圆形;气孔的长宽比1.12~2.81,气孔密度16.4~105.1个·mm^-2,气孔指数为5.7%~21.1%;（3）铁角蕨科植物叶表皮形态特征中的上表皮细胞形状、垂周壁形状、上表皮细胞长宽比、主要气孔器类型及衍生类型等具有一定的属内稳定性,可作为铁角蕨科属间分类的依据之一;（4）该研究在一定程度上支持秦仁昌和吴兆洪对铁角蕨科的划分以及铁角蕨属内分组和组内分系,并为铁角蕨科植物的分类鉴定及系统演化研究提供基础资料。     

Comparative and functional leaf anatomy of selected Alstroemeriaceae of mainly Chilean origin

The resupinate leaves of 16 species of Alstroemeriaceae were examined using light- and scanning electron microscopy. The leaf anatomy is described for all of the species, that of the petiole and stem for selected species. The mesophyll consists of chlorenchyma and includes idioblasts that contain raphides. Dorsiventral, isolateral or isobilateral leaf types were observed. Petioles are always isolateral. Two epidermal types are commonly observed: type I contains jigsaw puzzle-like intercostal cells and longitudinally elongated cells above the veins; type II contains only longitudinally elongated cells, usually longer, above the veins. Some species have an epidermis which differs from the main types. All species show adaptation to resupination by having an inverted anatomy. Due to the twist of the leaves, adaxial indicates the lower surface and abaxial the upper. Stomata are found on both surfaces. Palisade cells, when they occur, are always on the abaxial surface. Most species are mesomorphic in spite of the dry environments in which they grow; a few show xeromorphic features. The leaves are compared and discussed with relation to ecological conditions.  © 2002 The Linnean Society of London, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society , 2002, 140 , 261−272.     

ORGANIZATION AND ONTOGENY OF THE VASCULAR SYSTEM IN THE PETIOLE OF EASTERN COTTONWOOD

The topologic arrangement of petiolar bundles varies within the length of the cottonwood petiole. Each petiolar bundle is formed by the subdivision and aggregation of acropetally differentiating subsidiary bundles in a predictable pattern. The subsidiary bundles provide vascular continuity between the stem and specific portions of the leaf lamina. Spot-labeling of individual veins with ¹⁴CO₂, freeze substitution, and microautoradiography were used to establish the relation between the secondary veins of the lamina and the vasculature of the petiole. Within the petiole vasculature each subsidiary bundle was continuous with a specific portion of the lamina and seemed to have a separate function. Subsidiary bundles continuous with the central leaf trace were closely related functionally to the tip region of the lamina, while the subsidiary bundles continuous with the lateral leaf traces were functionally related to the middle and basal portions of the lamina.     

Epifluorescent and histochemical aspects of shoot anatomy of Typha latifolia L., Typha angustifolia L. and Typha glauca Godr

Using epifluorescent and histochemical techniques, we examined anatomical differences in the shoot organs of Typha latifolia, T. angustifolia and T. glauca. The leaf lamina of T. latifolia and T. glauca had enlarged epidermal cells and a thickened cuticle above the subepidermal vascular bundles; that of T. angustifolia lacked these characteristics. Leaf sheaths were similar among the species and all lacked the epidermal thickenings found in the lamina. The fertile stems had typical scattered vascular bundles with a band of fibres that was most prominent in T. glauca. The sterile stems were only 1 cm in length and contained a multiseriate hypodermis and a uniseriate endodermis over part of their length. The rhizomes were similar except for a pronounced band of fibres surrounding the central core in T. angustifolia. The rhizome was also characterized by an outer cortical region with a large multiseriate hypodermis/exodermis and a uniseriate endodermis with Casparian bands, suberin lamellae and secondarily thickened walls.     

安徽产两种山罗花属植物及其居群叶的微形态比较

利用离析法、扫描电镜和石蜡切片法对安徽产2种3居群山罗花属植物的叶进行了微形态比较研究,结果表明：该属植物叶表皮细胞形状为不规则形,垂周壁呈波状、深波状至重波状;表皮细胞内含叶绿体;角质层具条状纹饰;表皮上有表皮毛和腺毛分布,扫描电镜下表皮毛具瘤状突起的纹饰;栅栏组织只有1层,排列比较疏松,海绵组织有发达的胞间隙;气孔器多为无规则型,极少数仅有一个副卫细胞,仅分布于下表皮,扫描电镜下气孔外拱盖内缘近光滑或浅波状。2种植物在垂周壁式样、表皮毛密度、气孔器长宽比、栅栏组织和海绵组织的厚度比以及中脉的结构特征等具有明显的差异,而山罗花3居群间的差异不明显。     

Epidermal features of Heracleum mantegazzianum Somm. & Lev., H. sphondyliutn L. and their hybrid

Leaf surfaces of the native Heracleum sphondyliutn , the alien Heracleum mantegazzianum and the interspecific hybrid were examined using SEM and light microscopy. The surfaces differed in hairiness, especially in the length of the hairs, although the hairs did not differ in general form, or distribution on the leaf surface. Stomata differed little in length, width or frequency, but there were differences in the sort of stomata in relation to the surrounding epidermal cells. The hybrid material was intermediate between the parental species, and sometimes displayed aberrant trichomes that were contorted in contiguous pairs.
The results are discussed in relation to other work on the epidermal features of the Umbelliferae: as a means of discriminating the three taxa, and in relation to the ecological distributions of the species.     

Three new species in the genus Polygonum (Polygonaceae) from China

Three new species in Polygonum section Polygonum (Polygonaceae) from Xinjiang, China, are described and illustrated. Polygonum urumqiense F. Z. Li, Y. T. Hou & F. J. Lu is similar to P. aviculare L. in habit, but differs by having flowers densely clustered and spicate in the upper part of branches, stamens 5–6, and two types of achenes (the longer one densely and irregularly granulate on surface). Polygonum tachengense F. Z. Li, Y. T. Hou & F. J. Lu is similar to P. aviculare in the flowers not forming a raceme in the upper part of branches, the stamens 8, and the achenes striate-granulate on surface, but differs by the leaf blades linear-lanceolate, the midvein and lateral veins conspicuously raising abaxially, the ochreae longer, up to 1.1 cm, 15–20-veined, the flowers 3–6 clustered together in the upper axils of branches. This species is also similar to P. patulum M. Bieb. in the erect stem, and the flowers 3–6 clustered together in the axils of the upper part of branches, but differs by the midvein and lateral veins of leaves conspicuously raising abaxially, the ochreae longer, up to 1.1 cm, 15–20-veined, the leaves in the upper part of branches not becoming smaller gradually, and the flowers clustered in the upper axils of branches not forming a raceme, and the achenes striate-granulate on surface. Polygonum shiheziense F. Z. Li, Y. T. Hou & F. J. Lu is similar to P. argyrocoleon Steud. ex Kunze in the erect stem, the 3–6 flowers clustered in the upper axils of branches, the stamens 8, and the slightly smooth achenes, but differs by the midvein and lateral veins of leaves conspicuously raising abaxially, the ochreae longer, up to 1.1 cm, 15–20-veined, and the flowers clustered in the upper axils of branches not forming a raceme. This species is also similar to P. tachengense in habit, but differs in the leaves borne in the upper part of branches becoming smaller gradually and the smooth, slightly shiny achenes. The pollen morphology, leaf epidermal characters and achene micromorphology of the three new species and their relatives were comparatively observed under the scanning electron microscope (SEM).     

叶子花表皮特征的研究及意义

对叶子花（Bougainvillea spectabilis）正常叶和变态叶上气孔密度、气孔指数和保卫细胞大小进行了研究。结果表明：正常叶上表皮的表皮细胞为多边形,垂周壁平直;下表皮的表皮细胞为不规则型,垂周壁浅波状;气孔类型为不规则型。变态叶上表皮没有发现气孔,变态叶下表皮的表皮细胞垂周壁则由浅波形逐渐变为深波形,气孔类型为不规则型和轮列型。随着变态叶的发育,变态叶下表皮的气孔密度降低,气孔指数升高;变态叶保卫细胞的长增大,宽减小。变态叶的平均气孔密度和平均气孔指数明显低于正常叶。正常叶和变态叶的保卫细胞均呈肾形。     

‘红露珍’山茶花花器官上气孔的动态变化与花瓣展开的关系

本试验以‘红露珍’山茶为实验材料,分别研究了蕾期（I）、花瓣露出（II）、花冠微展（III）、花冠完全展开（IV）和落地花冠（V）等5个阶段花瓣和雄蕊等部位气孔的分布特点及其动态变化。结果发现,花瓣基部的上下表皮、雄蕊管的内外表皮均有气孔分布。在每个阶段,花瓣基部上表皮的气孔器长度极显著大于下表皮的气孔器长度（P〈0.01）。当山茶花冠微展时,下表皮的气孔开度为（2.5±0.3）μm,而当花冠展开时,下表皮的气孔开度却为（0.9±0.3）μm;上表皮的气孔开度在整个发育过程中未发生显著性的改变,其平均开度为（4.3±0.3）μm。在每个阶段,花瓣下表皮的表皮细胞密度大于上表皮的表皮细胞密度。雄蕊管内外表皮上的气孔在各阶段均维持较大的气孔开度。气孔的不均等分布、气孔开度的变化、表皮细胞的差速生长都可能与花瓣的展开有关。     

Epidermal features of Heracleum mantegazzianum Somm. & Lev., H. sphondylium L. and their hybrid

Leaf surfaces of the native Heracleum sphondylium, the alien Heracleum mantegazzianum and the interspecific hybrid were examined using SEM and light microscopy. The surfaces differed in hairiness, especially in the length of the hairs, although the hairs did not differ in general form, or distribution on the leaf surface. Stomata differed little in length, width or frequency, but there were differences in the sort of stomata in relation to the surrounding epidermal cells. The hybrid material was intermediate between the parental species, and sometimes displayed aberrant trichomes that were contorted in contiguous pairs. The results are discussed in relation to other work on the epidermal features of the Umbelliferae: as a means of discriminating the three taxa, and in relation to the ecological distributions of the species.     

中国安徽瘦腹水虻一新种记述(双翅目,水虻科,瘦腹水虻亚科)

记述了安徽黄山风景名胜区瘦腹水虻属Sargus Fabricius,17981新种,黄山瘦腹水虻Sargus huangshanensis sp.nov.。详细描述了其形态特征,并绘制了其主要鉴别特征图,所有标本均保存在贵州大学昆虫研究所。     

Studies on the Epidermal Structure of Two Species of Rhaphidopteris

This paper deals with the epidermal structure of Rhaphidopteris latiloba sp. nov. and R. liuzhiensis sp. nov. The specimens were collected from the upper Triassic caol series of Liuzhi district, Guizhou province. In R. latiloba, the ultimate pinna are wedge-shaped, segments are wider (about 0.2–0.25cm). The leaf is amphistomatic. Stomatal apparatus are haplocheilic, with sunken guard cells and irregullarly orientated stomata, 28–30 per sq. mm in the lower epidermis. In R. liuzhiensis, leaf is tripinnate, oval. Ultimate pinna lanceolate. Segments are narrow about lmm in width. Stomatal apparatus are haplocheilic and round-oval in shape with irregularly orientated stomata 35–40 per sq. mm in the lower epidermis.     

Stomatal Features in the Leaf of Aganosma dichotoma (Roth) K. Schum

Paracytic and anisocytic types of mature stomata are found inthe leaf of Aganosma dichotoma. Stomata with one guard cell,stomata with degenerated guard cells, and contiguous stomataare common. Stomata with arrested pore development are alsofound in certain cases. A single guard cell without any porehas not been designated as a stoma with one guard cell in thepresent investigation. Ontogeny of contiguous stomata have beentraced. Subsidiary cells are, morphologically, just like theircontiguous guard cells. Subsidiary cells may retain their shapeand contents even when their contiguous stoma becomes mature,or may change their shape and lose their contents. They mayor may not divide. Subsidiary cells form a whorl of more thantwo subsidiary cells around a stoma by their divisions. Degenerationof guard cell(s)— their contents and nuclei—havebeen traced. In certain cases guard cells divide forming morethan two guard cells associated to a single pore. Cytoplasmicconnections are found between two guard cells of nearby stomata,and between a guard cell and an epidermal cell. Near the wound,the epidermal cells over the veins become meristermatic givingrise to new epidermal cells but no meristemoid.     

The flow and dispersion of water in the vascular network of dicotyledonous leaves

The relationships between the geometric characteristics of, the local flow rates of xylem sap in, and relative pressures in the reticulate anastomosing vascular network of dicotyledonous leaves of Populus Balsamifera L. are reported. The conducting channels of cellulosic microcapillaries are covered by sheaths of chloroplast free cells through the walls of which water withdrawn from vascular bundles percolates to reach evaporation sites. Along the mid-rib and branch generations, the population and cross-section areas of the microcapillaries decrease with distance but not in a monotonic manner. Lateral withdrawal rates from the veins were highest at the base of the leaf lamina. More than 50% of the inlet stream had dispersed out of the conduits within the first 25% of the leaf lamina area from the petiole junction. Absolute values of pressure gradients generally decreased in the apical direction along the vein.