. A text-book of botany for secondary schools. Botany. ALG^ 117 along our own coasts are to be found on the rocky shores of the North Atlantic and the North Pacific, the display on the latter coast being especially rich in forms. They are all anchored plants, the strong holdfasts and leathery bodies enabling them to live exposed to strong waves and cur- rents. The largest forms are the kelps (Laminarias), the general habit of body being a stem fastened to the rocks by a cluster. Fig. 107.—A common kelp, showing root- like holdfast, stalk, and blade.—After Saunders. of strong, root-like holdfas
. A text-book of botany for secondary schools. Botany. ALG^ 117 along our own coasts are to be found on the rocky shores of the North Atlantic and the North Pacific, the display on the latter coast being especially rich in forms. They are all anchored plants, the strong holdfasts and leathery bodies enabling them to live exposed to strong waves and cur- rents. The largest forms are the kelps (Laminarias), the general habit of body being a stem fastened to the rocks by a cluster. Fig. 107.—A common kelp, showing root- like holdfast, stalk, and blade.—After Saunders. of strong, root-like holdfasts, and ending in a blade-like expansion (Fig. 107). The giant kelps of the Pacific Coast are the most notable forms. One of these has a stem about. 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 Coulter, John Merle, 1851-1928. New York, D. Appleton
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