. Plant studies; an elementary botany. Botany. 98 PLAKT STUDIES Plants â \vliicli ordinarily develop soil roots, if Lroiight into i)rop('r -water relations^ may develop water roots. For instance^ willofl's or otlier stream Lank plants may lie so close to the water that some of the root system enters it. In such cases the nnmerous clustered roots show their water. Fig. 93. An orchid, showing aerial roots. character. Smiietimes root systems developing in the soil may I'litcr tile, drains, when water roots will develop in such clusters as to choke the drain. The sarne Ijunehing of water roots may
. Plant studies; an elementary botany. Botany. 98 PLAKT STUDIES Plants â \vliicli ordinarily develop soil roots, if Lroiight into i)rop('r -water relations^ may develop water roots. For instance^ willofl's or otlier stream Lank plants may lie so close to the water that some of the root system enters it. In such cases the nnmerous clustered roots show their water. Fig. 93. An orchid, showing aerial roots. character. Smiietimes root systems developing in the soil may I'litcr tile, drains, when water roots will develop in such clusters as to choke the drain. The sarne Ijunehing of water roots may Ijc noticed when a hyacinth liulb is grown in a vessel iif watei'. (i'i. Air roots.âIn certain parts of the tropics the air is so moist that it is jiossible for some plants to olitaiu sutli-. 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 Coulter, John Merle, 1851-1928. New York, D. Appleton and Company
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