. Flashlights on nature [microform]. Insects; Plants; Insectes; Plantes. y* A Very Intellkjknt Plant 269 could take a casual bite at it. The j^orse was, therefore, driven perforce into producing thorny branches which would repel its foes, v' i'^j the genista retained the old soft silky shov/.s 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 c
. Flashlights on nature [microform]. Insects; Plants; Insectes; Plantes. y* A Very Intellkjknt Plant 269 could take a casual bite at it. The j^orse was, therefore, driven perforce into producing thorny branches which would repel its foes, v' i'^j the genista retained the old soft silky shov/.s 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 -2^ is another and more tree-like descendant of 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,. I NO. 6.—IIS SECOND COUSIN, THE 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. London : G. Newnes
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