. The natural history of plants, their forms, growth, reproduction, and distribution;. Botany. 160 CLASSIFICATION OF PARASITES. imbedded in regular grooves in the cortex, ought not to be considered as parasites. The Lonicera ciliosa of North America, represented in fig. 31, may be taken as an example of creepers of this kind. They only interfere with the conduction of the constructive materials generated in the green foliage, preventing, in particular, the. Fig. 31.—Lonicera ciliosa in South Carolina. part of the axis below the strangulating coils from being supplied with those materials; and
. The natural history of plants, their forms, growth, reproduction, and distribution;. Botany. 160 CLASSIFICATION OF PARASITES. imbedded in regular grooves in the cortex, ought not to be considered as parasites. The Lonicera ciliosa of North America, represented in fig. 31, may be taken as an example of creepers of this kind. They only interfere with the conduction of the constructive materials generated in the green foliage, preventing, in particular, the. Fig. 31.—Lonicera ciliosa in South Carolina. part of the axis below the strangulating coils from being supplied with those materials; and so at last they cause the whole trunk, which serves as their support, to dry up. The assertion may then be made that the young tree assailed has been strangled or throttled by the creeper, but not that the latter has drained it of juices and adapted them to its own use. Still less would the statement be applicable to the numerous brown and red sea-weeds, which settle upon the ramifications of the great species of Sargassum, or of the innumerable Diatomacese, which often entirely. 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 Kerner von Marilaun, Anton, 1831-1898; Oliver, F. W. (Francis Wall), 1864-1951; Busk, Marian (Balfour) Lady, 1861-1941; Macdonald, Mary Frances (Ewart); Kerner von Marilaun, Anton, 1831-1898. Pflanzenleben. English. New York, H. Holt and Company
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