. Botany for beginners: an introduction to Mrs. Lincoln's Lectures on botany. Plants. ] STEMS. 41. 148. Culm, or straw, (Fig. 20,) is the kind ot stem which you see in grasses and rushes. The bam boo, sugarcane, and various species of reeds, have stems of the culm kind; some of them, particu- larly the bamboo, are known to attain to the height of forty feet. We can imagine something of the appearance which extensive plains of these lofty tropical reeds must present, gracefully bending to the slightest breeze, like our meadow grasses. Fig. 21. #lSlft 149. Scape. This is a stalk = ^ S?j?J
. Botany for beginners: an introduction to Mrs. Lincoln's Lectures on botany. Plants. ] STEMS. 41. 148. Culm, or straw, (Fig. 20,) is the kind ot stem which you see in grasses and rushes. The bam boo, sugarcane, and various species of reeds, have stems of the culm kind; some of them, particu- larly the bamboo, are known to attain to the height of forty feet. We can imagine something of the appearance which extensive plains of these lofty tropical reeds must present, gracefully bending to the slightest breeze, like our meadow grasses. Fig. 21. #lSlft 149. Scape. This is a stalk = ^ S?j?JH springing from the root, which , ;?^ bears the flower and fruit, but not the leaves; as the Dandelion, the Cowslip, and the Lily of the Val- ley, (a a Fig. 21). "Plants with scapes are sometimes called stem- less plants. 150. Peduncle, or flower stalk. This is a subdivision of the princi- pal stem ; it bears the flower and fruit, but not the leaves. When the peduncle is divided, each sub-division is called a pedicel. 151. When there is no peduncle or flower stalk, the flowers are said to be sessile, which means sitting down upon the main stem. 152. Petiole. Tne petiole or leaf-stalk, is a kind of stem, or fulcrum, supporting the leaf; it is usually green, and appears to be a part of the leaf itself. In most cases, the leaves and flowers are supported by distinct foot stalks, but sometimes one foot-stalk supports both the leaf and 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 Phelps, Lincoln, Mrs. , 1793-1884. New York, Huntington & Savage
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