. Fundamentals of botany. Botany. 340 STRUCTURE AND LIFE HISTORIES of one flowering plant on another (Fig. 246). In some of these cases as, for example, the dodder (Cuscuta), the para- site may have completely lost the power of elaborating chlorophyll, and thus lack the function of photosynthesis;. Fig. 248.—Dodder {Cuscuta Sp.), in flower. Parasitic on a golden rod {Solidago ulmifolia). (Photo by Elsie M. Kittredge.) the parasitism is then complete (Figs. 247, 248 and 249). In other cases the parasite may retain its chlorophyll- apparatus, and hence be only partly dependent upon the host, as
. Fundamentals of botany. Botany. 340 STRUCTURE AND LIFE HISTORIES of one flowering plant on another (Fig. 246). In some of these cases as, for example, the dodder (Cuscuta), the para- site may have completely lost the power of elaborating chlorophyll, and thus lack the function of photosynthesis;. Fig. 248.—Dodder {Cuscuta Sp.), in flower. Parasitic on a golden rod {Solidago ulmifolia). (Photo by Elsie M. Kittredge.) the parasitism is then complete (Figs. 247, 248 and 249). In other cases the parasite may retain its chlorophyll- apparatus, and hence be only partly dependent upon the host, as in the case of the mistletoe (Fig. 250). Such plants are semi-parasites. Another example of. 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 Gager, C. Stuart (Charles Stuart), 1872-1943. Philadelphia, P. Blakiston's son & co.
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