. Flowers, fruits and leaves. Botany; Flowers; Seeds; Leaves. VI.] BROAD AND NARROW LEAVES. 133 as throwing light on the reason why herbaceous plants so often have their leaves much cut up.^ Next let me say a few words on the reasons why some plants have broad and some narrow leaves. Both are often found within the limits of a single genus. I have ventured to indicate the distance between the buds as a possible reason in certain cases. It would not, however, apply to herbaceous. Fig. 82.—Setucto vulgar;*. genera such as Plantago or Drosera. Now, Drosera rotundifolia (Fig. 83) has the leaves ne
. Flowers, fruits and leaves. Botany; Flowers; Seeds; Leaves. VI.] BROAD AND NARROW LEAVES. 133 as throwing light on the reason why herbaceous plants so often have their leaves much cut up.^ Next let me say a few words on the reasons why some plants have broad and some narrow leaves. Both are often found within the limits of a single genus. I have ventured to indicate the distance between the buds as a possible reason in certain cases. It would not, however, apply to herbaceous. Fig. 82.—Setucto vulgar;*. genera such as Plantago or Drosera. Now, Drosera rotundifolia (Fig. 83) has the leaves nearly orbicular, while in D. anglica (Fig. 84), they are long and narrow, Plantago media (Fig. 85) has ovate leaves, while in P. lanceolata (Fig. 86) they are lanceolate, and in 1 Mr. Grant Allen, who had been also struck by the fact that herbaceous plants so often have their leaves much cut up, has suggested a different explanation, and thinks it is due to "the fierce competition that goes on for the carbon of the air between the small matted under- growth of every thicket 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 Lubbock, John, Sir, 1834-1913. London : Macmillan
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