. Introduction to botany. Botany. Growth and Movement. IC15 affords a most no- table example. Figure 61 shows photographs of a seedling of this plant under dif- ferent conditions: A represents the plant in diffuse light, with its leaf- lets spread out to catch the light; B shows the leaf- lets somewhat folded together as the result of a short exposure to direct sunlight; in this position the leaflets stand more nearly paral- lel with the inci- dent light; C ex- hibits the plant directly after being shaken by a strong wind. Figure 62 rep- resents a leaf of a mature sensitive plant in its open p
. Introduction to botany. Botany. Growth and Movement. IC15 affords a most no- table example. Figure 61 shows photographs of a seedling of this plant under dif- ferent conditions: A represents the plant in diffuse light, with its leaf- lets spread out to catch the light; B shows the leaf- lets somewhat folded together as the result of a short exposure to direct sunlight; in this position the leaflets stand more nearly paral- lel with the inci- dent light; C ex- hibits the plant directly after being shaken by a strong wind. Figure 62 rep- resents a leaf of a mature sensitive plant in its open position at A, and in its closed posi-. 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 Stevens, William Chase, 1861-. Boston, D. C. Heath & Co.
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