. Leaves and flowers : or, Object lessons in botany with a flora : prepared for beginners in academies and public schools . Botany. APPENDAGES. 39. prickles, as if in self defence. See the Tliorn-bnsh (Fig. 99), where the long straight thorns come from the axils of the leaves, and are woody. The terrible thorns of the Honey Locust (Fig. 100) are branched. Those of the common Locust are in the place of stipules. Those last mentioned, and all others which originate with the leaves (as in Berberis, Thistle, &c.), are more prop- erly called spines. 67. As for the Rose and Bramble, they are arm
. Leaves and flowers : or, Object lessons in botany with a flora : prepared for beginners in academies and public schools . Botany. APPENDAGES. 39. prickles, as if in self defence. See the Tliorn-bnsh (Fig. 99), where the long straight thorns come from the axils of the leaves, and are woody. The terrible thorns of the Honey Locust (Fig. 100) are branched. Those of the common Locust are in the place of stipules. Those last mentioned, and all others which originate with the leaves (as in Berberis, Thistle, &c.), are more prop- erly called spines. 67. As for the Rose and Bramble, they are armed with prickles, which are horny in substance, connected with the bark onh', not with the wood. (See Fig. 101.) 58. Glands are little wart-like bodies which secrete the peculiar fluids of the plant, sometimes imbedded in the leaf or the rind of the fruit, as in the Lemon, where it is filled with a fragrant volatile oil; sometimes raised on a hair (Figs. 102, 103), as in Sundew, exuding a clammy liquid. 69. Stings are piercing hairs, having a bag at the base filled with an acrid fluid. "When touched the tip breaks ofi^, the hair penetrates the skin, and the poison is injected into the wound. (See Fig. 106.) 56. What is the haMt of the thorns of the Thom-bush ? of the Honey Locust ? of the common Locust ? What of the ha;bit of spines 1 57. What of prickles ? 58. Describe glands, the two kinds. 59. What is the structure and action of stings t Thorns.—Fig. 99. Cratsegus parvifolia (thorns axillary). Fig. 100. Honey Lo- cust (branched thorns).. 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 Wood, Alphonso, 1810-1881. New York : A. A. Barnes
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