. A text-book of botany for secondary schools. Botany. 280 A OF BOTANY great and representative families, and they deserve to be mentioned in this general survey. The banana belongs to a small family most nearly related to the orchids; and, although a tropical plant, it is coming into common use as a foliage plant on account of its. Fig. 276.—A banana plant.—After Engler and Prantl. beautiful leaves, associated with its relative the canna. It grows from ten to forty feet high, although it is an herb, and bears a crown of very large, pinnately veined leaves (Fig. 276). From fifty to
. A text-book of botany for secondary schools. Botany. 280 A OF BOTANY great and representative families, and they deserve to be mentioned in this general survey. The banana belongs to a small family most nearly related to the orchids; and, although a tropical plant, it is coming into common use as a foliage plant on account of its. Fig. 276.—A banana plant.—After Engler and Prantl. beautiful leaves, associated with its relative the canna. It grows from ten to forty feet high, although it is an herb, and bears a crown of very large, pinnately veined leaves (Fig. 276). From fifty to one hundred and fifty fruits are produced in a single cluster, and a plant bears only 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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