. Botany; an elementary text for schools. Plants. CHAPTER III THE STEM 34. THE STEM SYSTEM.—The stem of a piaut is the part which hears the huds, leaves, flowers and fruits, its, office is to hold these parts up to the light and air; and throvigli its tissues the various food-materials and the life- giving fluids are distributed to the growing and working parts. 35. The entire mass or fabric of stems of any plant is called its stem system. Figs. 4, 18 The stem system may be her- baceous or woody, annual, bien- nial, or perennial; and it may assume many different sizes and shapes. 36. Stems are
. Botany; an elementary text for schools. Plants. CHAPTER III THE STEM 34. THE STEM SYSTEM.—The stem of a piaut is the part which hears the huds, leaves, flowers and fruits, its, office is to hold these parts up to the light and air; and throvigli its tissues the various food-materials and the life- giving fluids are distributed to the growing and working parts. 35. The entire mass or fabric of stems of any plant is called its stem system. Figs. 4, 18 The stem system may be her- baceous or woody, annual, bien- nial, or perennial; and it may assume many different sizes and shapes. 36. Stems are of many forms. The general way in which a plant grows is called its habit. The habit is the appearance or Its habit may be open or loose, dense, straight, crooked, compact, straggling, climbing, erect, weak, strong, and the like. The roots and leaves are the important functional or working parts: the stem merely connects them, and its form is exceedingly variable. 37. KINDS OF STEMS.—T/ie stem may be so short as to be scarcely distinguishable. In such cases the crown of the plant — that part just at the surface of the ground—bears the leaves and flowers; but this crown is really a very short stem. The dandelion, Fig. 8, is an example. Such plants (14). 18. Stem system of an apple tree Deliquescent trunk. 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 Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde), 1858-1954. New York, Macmillan Co.
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