. Lessons with plants. Suggestions for seeing and interpreting some of the common forms of vegetation. Fig. attachment of green-briar. Fig. attachment of cabbage palmetto. but the leaves of the reed do not separate sodefinitely; they are torn away if one pulls themfrom the plant. There are, then, two unlikemethods of casting the foliage,— the clean-cut orarticular way, and the non-articular way. 39. A joint of the common wild smilax or 42 LJ!SSOJVS WITH PLANTS green-briar is seen in Fig. 40, and upon this thebase of the old leaf-stalk still remains {a). Thatis, the leaf did not
. Lessons with plants. Suggestions for seeing and interpreting some of the common forms of vegetation. Fig. attachment of green-briar. Fig. attachment of cabbage palmetto. but the leaves of the reed do not separate sodefinitely; they are torn away if one pulls themfrom the plant. There are, then, two unlikemethods of casting the foliage,— the clean-cut orarticular way, and the non-articular way. 39. A joint of the common wild smilax or 42 LJ!SSOJVS WITH PLANTS green-briar is seen in Fig. 40, and upon this thebase of the old leaf-stalk still remains {a). Thatis, the leaf did not fall by separating from thetrunk, but by the breaking of its stalk. Thiscurious behaviour of the smilax will suggest thepalmetto to those who live in the south. Fig. 41shows a portion of the crown of one of thesepalms. It is seen that the leaves have broken midway of the stalks,and the old bases stillremain-. After a time,these bases split andthe halves spread apart,giving the tree a pecu-liar criss-cross appear-ance ; and finally theyloosen and fall, exposingthe smaller cylinder ofthe hard tru
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