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Perennial woody plants accumulate native xylem embolisms over time. However, whether this makes the water transport system more vulnerable to drought-induced dysfunction as the percentage of gas-filled vessels increases is unclear. We tested whether increasing the proportion of open (air-filled) vessels changes the overall embolism vulnerability in stems of angiosperm species with long maximum vessel lengths but relatively low vessel connectivity.

Keywords Narcissus myth, French literature, Traité du Narcisse, Andre Gide Department French and Italian Abstract The goal of my research was to identify the origin of a deviation from the classic Ovidian myth of Narcissus that Professor Sprenger noticed in the Traité du Narcisse of Andre Gide. Gide’s Narcissus dies by drowning while trying to embrace his own image in the river, while Ovid’s traditional account has Narcissus die by the side of water and turn into a flower.