SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY: A NEW APPROACH TO THE DESMIDIACEAE.
A camera lucida drawing, light and SEM micro-graphs of Cosmarium botrytis are contrasted with the intent of showing the advantages of SEM in systematic and morphological investigations. Several developmental questions amenable to an approach with SEM have arisen.
Department of Botany, University of California, Davis, California 95616.
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