The elements of botany for beginners and for schools . by which the Mint (Pig. 97), the Couch-grass, or Quick-grass, and manyother plants, spread so rapidly and widely, — by tlie root, as it is these are really stems, and not roots, is evident from the way in which Fia. 95. A branching thorn of Honey Locust, being an indnrated leafless branchdeveloped from an accessory bud far above the axil; at the cut portion below, threeother buds (a) are concealed under the petiole. FlQ. 96. Spine of Cockspur Thorn, developed from an axillary bud, as the leaf-scar below witnesses: an accessory le


The elements of botany for beginners and for schools . by which the Mint (Pig. 97), the Couch-grass, or Quick-grass, and manyother plants, spread so rapidly and widely, — by tlie root, as it is these are really stems, and not roots, is evident from the way in which Fia. 95. A branching thorn of Honey Locust, being an indnrated leafless branchdeveloped from an accessory bud far above the axil; at the cut portion below, threeother buds (a) are concealed under the petiole. FlQ. 96. Spine of Cockspur Thorn, developed from an axillary bud, as the leaf-scar below witnesses: an accessory leaf-bud is seen at its base. Yv^. 97. Rootstocks, or creeping subterranesjn branches, of the Peppermint-


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