. The natural history of plants, their forms, growth, reproduction, and distribution;. Botany. 224 ABSORPTION OF WATER BY EPIPHYTES. American Gampelia Zanonia, belonging to the Commelynacese, represented on the right side of the same figure, and also several tree-ferns, display this velvety. w i H A \\ ili li"- Fig. 51.—Aerial Roots with root-hairs; ou the left Philodendron Lindeni, on the right Campelia Zanonia. coating on their aerial roots. The roots of the tree-ferns are short, but spring in thousands from the thick stem, and are so closely packed that the whole surface is clothed as
. The natural history of plants, their forms, growth, reproduction, and distribution;. Botany. 224 ABSORPTION OF WATER BY EPIPHYTES. American Gampelia Zanonia, belonging to the Commelynacese, represented on the right side of the same figure, and also several tree-ferns, display this velvety. w i H A \\ ili li"- Fig. 51.—Aerial Roots with root-hairs; ou the left Philodendron Lindeni, on the right Campelia Zanonia. coating on their aerial roots. The roots of the tree-ferns are short, but spring in thousands from the thick stem, and are so closely packed that the whole surface is clothed as it were by a woven mantle of rootlets. After some time these aerial roots turn deep brown, whilst the hairs collapse and die, and both are converted. 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 Kerner von Marilaun, Anton, 1831-1898; Oliver, F. W. (Francis Wall), 1864-1951; Busk, Marian (Balfour) Lady, 1861-1941; Macdonald, Mary Frances (Ewart); Kerner von Marilaun, Anton, 1831-1898. Pflanzenleben. English. New York, H. Holt and Company
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