The Story of Creation: a Plain Account of Evolution
The Story of Creation: a Plain Account of Evolution
Edward Clodd
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The few lower animals which appa- FiG 63. — Chlorophyll Granules in Leaf- cells (magnified 550 diameters). A Granules of chlorophyll, ^ith starch grains imbedded in the protoplasm of the cells. 6. Separated granules, a^ b^ young granules ; ^, I/', granules dividing ; £*, d, e^ old granules ; /, granule swollen by water ; gTi starch granules in which ^vater has destroyed the chlorophyll. (After Sachs.) Digitized by Google THE ORIGIN OF LI PERFORMS 155 rently contain chlorophyll— certain Infusori...a^ Sponges^ and Planarice^ — contain chlorophyll as a matter of fact, not as a proper constituent of the body, but, as Brandt has recently shown, have vegetable cells (Algae) containing chlorophyll in their bodies ; by means of the assimilation of these green bodies such animals may be nourished under certain circumstances.' ^ Grant Allen has marshalled the facts in support of the priority of plants in a paper of great force and clear- ness, which has apparently received but scant attention from biologists.' He submits that as the solar rays are, in the absence of chlorophyll, powerless to set up the separative action resulting in the material on which alone life can be sustained, the inference is obvious — no chlo- rophyll, no life.
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