. The natural history of plants, their forms, growth, reproduction, and distribution;. Botany. CLIMBING PARASITES. GREEN-LEAVED PARASITES. TOOTHWORT. 175 and energetically absorb food-materials. They withdraw organic compounds from the host and convey them by a short route to the strands developed meantime in the axis of the Cuscuta-stem. When once a union of this kind between the parasite and the host has been established, the portion of the Cuscuta situated below the first haustorium gradually dies. The lowest extremity, the clavate tip, has already perished, so that the Cuscuta-plant i
. The natural history of plants, their forms, growth, reproduction, and distribution;. Botany. CLIMBING PARASITES. GREEN-LEAVED PARASITES. TOOTHWORT. 175 and energetically absorb food-materials. They withdraw organic compounds from the host and convey them by a short route to the strands developed meantime in the axis of the Cuscuta-stem. When once a union of this kind between the parasite and the host has been established, the portion of the Cuscuta situated below the first haustorium gradually dies. The lowest extremity, the clavate tip, has already perished, so that the Cuscuta-plant is now no longer in any connection with the ground whereon it germinated, but only remains rooted to its living host by means of the suckers. If it has had the good fortune to cling to a host with green foliage, which generates an abundance of organic compounds, such as the luxuriant juicy stems of the Hop, or the Nettle, with its. 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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