. Aspects of plant life; with special reference to the British flora. Plants. 122 PLANT STRUCTURES are grouped in circles (whorls) at certain points of the stem, as in the Bedstraws; often in oppo- site pairs, arranged criss-cross, as in the Syca- more; most frequently in a series of spirals. The result in all cases is the same—it allows of as great an. Fig. 22. —Leaf of Weinmannia trichosperma. |. interval as possible between any leaf and the one immediately below or above it, and gives to all an equal share of light. The indenting of leaves, as in the Sycamore, or their division into separat


. Aspects of plant life; with special reference to the British flora. Plants. 122 PLANT STRUCTURES are grouped in circles (whorls) at certain points of the stem, as in the Bedstraws; often in oppo- site pairs, arranged criss-cross, as in the Syca- more; most frequently in a series of spirals. The result in all cases is the same—it allows of as great an. Fig. 22. —Leaf of Weinmannia trichosperma. |. interval as possible between any leaf and the one immediately below or above it, and gives to all an equal share of light. The indenting of leaves, as in the Sycamore, or their division into separate seg- ments, as in the Ash and Horse Chestnut, is of un-. 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 Praeger, R. Lloyd (Robert Lloyd), 1865-1953. London, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge


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