. Flowers, fruits and leaves. Botany; Flowers; Seeds; Leaves. JII.] VETCH. 6l (Fig. 43, c), the use of which I will not here stop to discuss. As the result of all this complex mechanism the seeds when ripe are flung to a distance which is surprising when we consider how small the spring is. In their natural habitat it is almost impossible to find the seeds when once thrown. I therefore brought. Diap'iim. Fig. 43.—Geranium robertian-um, u, just before throwing the seed; b, the rod ; c, the seed itclosed in the capsule. some into the house and placed them on my billiard- table. They were thrown
. Flowers, fruits and leaves. Botany; Flowers; Seeds; Leaves. JII.] VETCH. 6l (Fig. 43, c), the use of which I will not here stop to discuss. As the result of all this complex mechanism the seeds when ripe are flung to a distance which is surprising when we consider how small the spring is. In their natural habitat it is almost impossible to find the seeds when once thrown. I therefore brought. Diap'iim. Fig. 43.—Geranium robertian-um, u, just before throwing the seed; b, the rod ; c, the seed itclosed in the capsule. some into the house and placed them on my billiard- table. They were thrown from one end completely beyond the other, in some cases more than twenty feet. Some species of Vetch, again, and the common Broom, throw their seeds, owing to the elasticity of the pods, which, when ripe, open suddenly with a 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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