. The elements of structural botany [microform] : with special reference to the study of Canadian plants ; to which is added a selection of examination papers. Plant anatomy; Botany; Plantes; Botanique. 64 ELEMENTS Oip STRUCTURAL BOTANY. Fig. [hi. cording to the i)articular shape they hap- pen to assume. Thus, the Carrot (Fig. 94) is coiiica}, because from a broad top it tapers giadunlly and regularly to a point. The lladi^h, being somewhat thicker at the middle ilian at either end, is spindle-shaped. The Turnip, and roots of similar shape, are luijn. form (nojms, a turnip). Tlicse fleshy tap-
. The elements of structural botany [microform] : with special reference to the study of Canadian plants ; to which is added a selection of examination papers. Plant anatomy; Botany; Plantes; Botanique. 64 ELEMENTS Oip STRUCTURAL BOTANY. Fig. [hi. cording to the i)articular shape they hap- pen to assume. Thus, the Carrot (Fig. 94) is coiiica}, because from a broad top it tapers giadunlly and regularly to a point. The lladi^h, being somewhat thicker at the middle ilian at either end, is spindle-shaped. The Turnip, and roots of similar shape, are luijn. form (nojms, a turnip). Tlicse fleshy tap-roots belong, as a rule, to bi- ennial plants, and are designed as storehouses of food for the plant's use during its second ye^Cr'sgrowth. Occasion- ally ^brous roots also thicken in the same manner, as in the Peony, and then they are said to he fascicled or clustered. (Fig 95.) 86. But you must have observed that plants some- times put forth roots in addition to those develop- ed from the end of the radicle. The Verbena of Pi, ,)- of our gardens, for ex-. 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 Spotton, H. B. (Henry Byron), 1844-1933. Toronto : W. J. Gage
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