. Plant studies; an elementary botany. Botany. 18 PLANT STUDIES carried so far that most of the part wliieli is covered is but a stem (petiole) for tlie upper part (blade) wliicli is exposed. lu many plants wliicli do not form close rosettes a gen-. FlG. 11. A ^'rnup 1)1' li\c-f(ir-evcrs, illustrating the rosette habit and the light-relation. In tliG njscfti's it will l]i' observed how the leaves are fitted toijjetlier ami diminish in si/e jii\\;oils, so that exeessive shading is axoideil, 'I'lie indi\idual ]('a\rs also lieconie naTlowcr wiirre they overlap, and are liroadol w liei)- they are
. Plant studies; an elementary botany. Botany. 18 PLANT STUDIES carried so far that most of the part wliieli is covered is but a stem (petiole) for tlie upper part (blade) wliicli is exposed. lu many plants wliicli do not form close rosettes a gen-. FlG. 11. A ^'rnup 1)1' li\c-f(ir-evcrs, illustrating the rosette habit and the light-relation. In tliG njscfti's it will l]i' observed how the leaves are fitted toijjetlier ami diminish in si/e jii\\;oils, so that exeessive shading is axoideil, 'I'lie indi\idual ]('a\rs also lieconie naTlowcr wiirre they overlap, and are liroadol w liei)- they are exi>iised to li^dit. Ill the liaekgnauid is a plant showine leaves in \eiy delinite \erliea] row s. eral rosettes of the leaves may he ohserved liy l()o]\iii,L;' down upon them from abuve (see Fig. U], as in some of (he etirly buttercups vhich are stj low tluit the hirge woulil seriously shade one another, except thiit the lower leaves have longer petioles tlia,n the ujiper, and so reach beyond the 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 and Company
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