- a variation of hypodermis.
hypoderm
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Under the action of hydrochloric acid the hypoderm is sharply differentiated from the epiderm by a distinct reddish tint, but without the aid of a reagent the two tissues do not always differ in appearance.
From The Genus Pinus by George Russell Shaw
In this tissue are the resin-ducts, each with a border of cells, corresponding in appearance and in chemical reaction with the cells of the hypoderm and with thinner or thicker walls.
From The Genus Pinus by George Russell Shaw
Leaves binate, from 6 to 11 cm. long, the epiderm thick, hypoderm strong, resin-ducts medial.
From The Genus Pinus by George Russell Shaw
The cells of epiderm and hypoderm may be so similar that they appear to form a single tissue.
From The Genus Pinus by George Russell Shaw
Leaves binate, slender, from 15 to 20 cm. long, the hypoderm of uniform thick-walled cells, resin-ducts medial, or with internal or septal ducts, endoderm-cells very unequal in size, some of them large.
From The Genus Pinus by George Russell Shaw
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