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p. 569 M. Ch. Fermond. Dioscorea is almost only Monocotyledon which has opposite leaves & in this it is not constant, & he has spec. of D. batatas where the leaves are in threes in several cases.

[Recherches sur le nombre des parties qui composent les divers cycles hélicoidaux, et rapport qui existe entre ce nombre et le nombre type des parties florals des dicotylédones.]

Bull. Soc. Bot. vol. 2. 1855

p. 569. [592] M. Schoenefeld gives case of recent appearance & rapid spreading of Goodyera repens in fir woods near Paris.

[Rapport sur l'herborisation faite par la société dans la forêt de fontainbleau.]

Bull. Soc. Bot. vol. 2 1855

p. 675 M. Chatin remarks that as general rule terrestrial plants have stomata, & aquatic have no stomata but green matter in the cells of Epidermis for respiration; & he shows that in many plants which grow indifferently in or out of water, both stomata & cells of epidermis with green matter concur. (like concurrence of lungs & branchiae.

[Note sur la presence de matière verte dans l'épiderme des feuilles de l'hippuris vulgaris, etc.]

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p 751 M. Ch. Fermond, found that seedlings raised from two true varieties of Phaseolus grown close together were crossed. - White & scarlet varieties.

[Recherches sur le fécondations réciproques de quelques végétaux.]