. South African botany. Botany. THE STEM 45 It grows in a similar manner to a bulb, the food stored up in the corm serving to nourish the flower and fruit. After flowering, the base of the stem becomes swollen and forms a new corm which lies dormant. Fio. 29.—Buds. A. Nectarine, a. Axillary bud. h. Terminal bud. B. Pig. C. Longi- tudinal section of fig bud. during the winter, and produces a new plant the follow- ing spring. Examples of plants producing corms are : Gladiolus and Moraea, Montbretia. 26. Buds—We have already mentioned (par. 24) that the stem ends in a bud (fig. 29). This is simpl

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. South African botany. Botany. THE STEM 45 It grows in a similar manner to a bulb, the food stored up in the corm serving to nourish the flower and fruit. After flowering, the base of the stem becomes swollen and forms a new corm which lies dormant. Fio. 29.—Buds. A. Nectarine, a. Axillary bud. h. Terminal bud. B. Pig. C. Longi- tudinal section of fig bud. during the winter, and produces a new plant the follow- ing spring. Examples of plants producing corms are : Gladiolus and Moraea, Montbretia. 26. Buds—We have already mentioned (par. 24) that the stem ends in a bud (fig. 29). This is simply au. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Storey, Francis W; Wright, K. London, New York, Longmans, Green

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