The Effect of Puncturing Individual Latex Tubes of Euphorbia Wulfenii

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Abstract
A method is described for puncturing single latex tubes in situ in the living tissues of a laticiferous plant. The results of this operation are recorded for Euphorbia Wulfenii, and it is shown that the plant possesses a mechanism for closing the wound so produced, so that rapid turgor recovery of the tube occurs.