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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. Bulletin de la Société botanique de France]

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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. Bulletin de la Société botanique de France]

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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. Bulletin de la Société botanique de France]

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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. Bulletin de la Société botanique de France]