. A textbook of botany for colleges and universities ... Botany. STEMS 655 fall of a tendril climber; the stems of woody twiners sometimes are ruptured by the increasing pressure to which they are subjected by the diametral enlargement of the tree, though more commonly the twining stem becomes embedded in the growing trunk. The origin and distribution of lianas. — While herbaceous lianas. Fig. 966. — A grape-vine (\'Uis) that has clambered over a hawthorn {Crataegus) and occasioned its destruction; in the left foreground is a cottonwood (Poputus deltoides) and in the left background is an elm


. A textbook of botany for colleges and universities ... Botany. STEMS 655 fall of a tendril climber; the stems of woody twiners sometimes are ruptured by the increasing pressure to which they are subjected by the diametral enlargement of the tree, though more commonly the twining stem becomes embedded in the growing trunk. The origin and distribution of lianas. — While herbaceous lianas. Fig. 966. — A grape-vine (\'Uis) that has clambered over a hawthorn {Crataegus) and occasioned its destruction; in the left foreground is a cottonwood (Poputus deltoides) and in the left background is an elm (Ulmas americana); River Forest, 111. — Photograph by Land. may occur almost anywhere, woody lianas are associated peculiarly with forests, reaching their culmination in the tropics, where there exist all but impenetrable tangles of intertwining vines, some of which (as the rattan palm) may reach the great length of 250 meters, that is, equal to twice the height of the tallest trees (fig. 967). In temperate regions lianas culminate in the rich soil along rivers, the greenbrier thickets with. 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; Barnes, Charles Reid, 1858-1910, joint author; Cowles, Henry Chandler, 1869- joint author. New York, Cincinnati [etc] American book company


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