. Foundations of Botany. Botany. 72 FOUNDATIONS OF BOTANY 87. Stemless Plants. — As will be shown later (Chap- ter XXX), plants live subject to a very' fierce competition among themselves and exposed to almost constant attacks from animals. While plants with long stems find it to their advantage to reach up as far as possible into the sunlight, the cinque- foil, the white clover, the dandelion, some spurges, the knot- grass, and hundreds of other kinds of plants have found safety in hugging the ground. Any plant which can grow in safety under the very feet of grazing animals will be especially
. Foundations of Botany. Botany. 72 FOUNDATIONS OF BOTANY 87. Stemless Plants. — As will be shown later (Chap- ter XXX), plants live subject to a very' fierce competition among themselves and exposed to almost constant attacks from animals. While plants with long stems find it to their advantage to reach up as far as possible into the sunlight, the cinque- foil, the white clover, the dandelion, some spurges, the knot- grass, and hundreds of other kinds of plants have found safety in hugging the ground. Any plant which can grow in safety under the very feet of grazing animals will be especially likely to make its way in the world, since there are many places where it can flourish while ordi- nary plants would be destroyed. The bitter, stemless dandelion, which is almost uneatable for most animals, unless cooked, which lies too near the earth to be fed upon by grazing animals, and which bears being trodden on with impunity, is a type of a large class of hardy weeds. The so-called stemless plants, like the dandelion (Fig. 38), and some violets, are not really stemless at all, but send. Fig. 38. The Dandelion ; a so-called Stemless 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 Bergen, Joseph Y. (Joseph Young), 1851-1917. Boston, Ginn & company
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