. College botany; structure, physiology and economics of plants. Botany. FlQ. 35.—A grass plant showing the fibrous root system. Fig. 36.'—Carrot showing fleshy roots. root. There are also many other kinds of roots to which special names have been given, such as: (a) adventitious rooi^, which are developed from runners, as in the case of the strawberry. (&) Aerial roots, which grow from parts of the stem above ground and may or may not reach the soil. They are produced abundantly by the poison ivy and the trumpet creeper and serve for climbing (Fig. 38). Some aerial roots grow do^vnward to
. College botany; structure, physiology and economics of plants. Botany. FlQ. 35.—A grass plant showing the fibrous root system. Fig. 36.'—Carrot showing fleshy roots. root. There are also many other kinds of roots to which special names have been given, such as: (a) adventitious rooi^, which are developed from runners, as in the case of the strawberry. (&) Aerial roots, which grow from parts of the stem above ground and may or may not reach the soil. They are produced abundantly by the poison ivy and the trumpet creeper and serve for climbing (Fig. 38). Some aerial roots grow do^vnward to the soil and serve as braces or props, as in the case of com (Fig. 39). (c) Roots of epiphytic plants having no connection. 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 Cook, Melville Thurston, 1869-1952. Philadelphia and London, J. B. Lippincott Company
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