"Filamentous" Quotes from Famous Books
... which when viewed singly are microscopic. Of course some naturalists do not agree to these views. It is with order three, Confervoideae, that we are interested. These are plants growing in sea or fresh water, or on damp surfaces, with a filamentous, or more rarely a leaf-like pulverulent or gelatinous thallus; the last two forms essentially microscopic. Consisting frequently of definitely arranged groups of distinct cells, either of ordinary structure or with their membrane ... — Scientific American Supplement, No. 384, May 12, 1883 • Various |