. Flashlights on nature [microform]. Insects; Plants; Insectes; Plantes. A Very Intelligent Plant 269 could take a casual bite at it. The jforse was, therefore, driven perforce into producinjf tliorny branches which would repel its foes, while the genista retained the old soft silky shoots and broad trefoil foliage. Broom, which is a close relation of both these plants, with much the same yellow peaflowers and hairy pods, occu- pies to some extent an intermediate position between the two types. The young shoots have leaves of three leaflets, as shown in No. 6 ; but the older branches are cover
. Flashlights on nature [microform]. Insects; Plants; Insectes; Plantes. A Very Intelligent Plant 269 could take a casual bite at it. The jforse was, therefore, driven perforce into producinjf tliorny branches which would repel its foes, while the genista retained the old soft silky shoots and broad trefoil foliage. Broom, which is a close relation of both these plants, with much the same yellow peaflowers and hairy pods, occu- pies to some extent an intermediate position between the two types. The young shoots have leaves of three leaflets, as shown in No. 6 ; but the older branches are covered with leaves of a single leaflet apiece, like the second form produced by the gorse plant. The trefoil leaves . of the broom also closely resemble those of the laburnum, which j^ is another and more no. 6—us second cousin, tree-like descendant of thk broom. the same ancient an- cestor, with similar yellow blossoms, and pods and beans of much the same character. It is interest- ing to observe in a family of this sort how the young seedlings are in every case almost identical,. 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 Allen, Grant, 1848-1899. New York : Doubleday & McClure
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