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Page 672
... plant movements . PLANT MOVEMENTS Although a variety of discrete stereotyped response movements occur in plants , particularly in higher forms such as flowering plants , these autonomous movements usually occur too slowly to permit ...
... plant movements . PLANT MOVEMENTS Although a variety of discrete stereotyped response movements occur in plants , particularly in higher forms such as flowering plants , these autonomous movements usually occur too slowly to permit ...
Page 674
... plant Mimosa pudica , turgor movements commence sensitive within 0.075 second after the plant is stimulated . When plant the plant is touched - for example , at the axis of one of the secondary petioles - the leaflets move upward on ...
... plant Mimosa pudica , turgor movements commence sensitive within 0.075 second after the plant is stimulated . When plant the plant is touched - for example , at the axis of one of the secondary petioles - the leaflets move upward on ...
Page 907
... plant - form , representations of the divine also are rich in diverse ex- amples and often enigmatic . Holy plants and plants con- sidered to be divine are represented in connection with gods in human form . The god sometimes is the plant ...
... plant - form , representations of the divine also are rich in diverse ex- amples and often enigmatic . Holy plants and plants con- sidered to be divine are represented in connection with gods in human form . The god sometimes is the plant ...
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