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The peculiar sclereids ofCephalotaxus drupacea Sieb.et Zuc. C.

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Peculiar, variously shaped osteo and brachysclereids occur in small numbers, in the stem, male cones and seed integument ofCephalotaxus drupacea Sieb.et Zuc. C. The distribution of these sclereids is rather localised in the stem and diffuse in the cones. A very curious feature of these sclereids is the presence of small, pointed or blunt emergences of the original cell protoplast, on the secondary wall. These are supposed to be the unlignified portions of the original protoplast, which have been cornered during the process of lignification. Both the types of sclereids develop from a parenchymatous initial. The ultimate form depends on the nature of the surrounding tissue and the organ in which they develop.

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  1. Department of Botany, University of Lucknow, India

    A. R. Rao & Manju Malaviya

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Communicated by Professor L. Narayana Rao,f.a.sc.

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Rao, A.R., Malaviya, M. The peculiar sclereids ofCephalotaxus drupacea Sieb.et Zuc. C.. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. 59, 228–236 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03052338

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