. Plants; a text-book of botany. Botany. iiu. 163. A reed swamp, friDging the low shore of a lake or a eluggieh stream. The plants are tall and wand-like, and all are monocotyls. Three types are prominent, the reed grasses (the tallest), the cat-tails (at the right), and the bulrushes (a group standing out in deeper water near the middle of the fringing growth). The plant in the foreground at the extreme right is the arrow-leaf (Sagiita?'ia), recognized by its characteristic leaves.—After Kebhek. the water becomes more and more shallow., until finally the reed plants are (compelled to migrate
. Plants; a text-book of botany. Botany. iiu. 163. A reed swamp, friDging the low shore of a lake or a eluggieh stream. The plants are tall and wand-like, and all are monocotyls. Three types are prominent, the reed grasses (the tallest), the cat-tails (at the right), and the bulrushes (a group standing out in deeper water near the middle of the fringing growth). The plant in the foreground at the extreme right is the arrow-leaf (Sagiita?'ia), recognized by its characteristic leaves.—After Kebhek. the water becomes more and more shallow., until finally the reed plants are (compelled to migrate into deeper water (see §108). In this way small lakes and ponds may be completely reclaimed, and become converted first into ordinary swamps^ and finally into wet meadows. Instances. 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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