. Botany; an elementary text for schools. Plants. 300. It is to the plant's advantage to have its seeds distributed as widely as possible. It has a better chance of surviving in the struggle for exis- tence. It gets away from competition. Many seeds and fruits are of such character as to increase ( their chances of wide dis- »\ persal. The commonest Vi means of dissemination l| \ , may be classed under four w A Explosive fruits of l^eads : explosive fruits ; /| pod\'s%hownaT?.''Thf transportation Inj wind; /f 6\'^ThTsr™ltx'?e°of\he transportation Inj hirds; \J pod is seen at a. \)UTS *^V 801.
. Botany; an elementary text for schools. Plants. 300. It is to the plant's advantage to have its seeds distributed as widely as possible. It has a better chance of surviving in the struggle for exis- tence. It gets away from competition. Many seeds and fruits are of such character as to increase ( their chances of wide dis- »\ persal. The commonest Vi means of dissemination l| \ , may be classed under four w A Explosive fruits of l^eads : explosive fruits ; /| pod\'s%hownaT?.''Thf transportation Inj wind; /f 6\'^ThTsr™ltx'?e°of\he transportation Inj hirds; \J pod is seen at a. \)UTS *^V 801. EXPLOSIVE FRUITS.— Some pods >k open with explosive force and scatter the ^^s seeds. Even beans and everlasting peas (Fig. %, 246) do this. More marked ^ examples are the locust, ^/^/ witch hazel, garden balsam, AM^ wild jewel weed or impa- /^/f tiens, violet, and the oxalis JF (Fig. 273). The oxalis is 274. winsedseeds 1 • of catalpa. common in several species in the wild and in cultivation. One of them is known as wood-sorrel. Fig. 273 shows the common yellow oxalis. The pod opens loculicidally (158). Wind-blown fruits of 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 Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde), 1858-1954. New York, Macmillan Co.
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