The elements of botany for beginners and for schools . may be reduced and indurated leaves; as in tlie Barberry, where theirnature is revealed by their situation, underneath an axillary bud. But Fio. 92. A small (Passlflora sicyoides), sliowing the tendrils. Fig. 93. Piece of the stem of Virdnia Creeper, bearing a leaf and ». Tips of a tendril, about the natural .size, showing the disks by which they holdfast to walls, ete. 42 STEMS. [section 6. prickles, such as those of Blackberry and Roses, are only excrescencesof the bark, and not brandies. 102. Equally strang
The elements of botany for beginners and for schools . may be reduced and indurated leaves; as in tlie Barberry, where theirnature is revealed by their situation, underneath an axillary bud. But Fio. 92. A small (Passlflora sicyoides), sliowing the tendrils. Fig. 93. Piece of the stem of Virdnia Creeper, bearing a leaf and ». Tips of a tendril, about the natural .size, showing the disks by which they holdfast to walls, ete. 42 STEMS. [section 6. prickles, such as those of Blackberry and Roses, are only excrescencesof the bark, and not brandies. 102. Equally strange forms ofstems are characteristic of theCactus family (Fig. 111). Thesemay be better understood by com-parison with 103. Subterranean Stemsand Branches. These are verynumerous and various; but theyare commonly overlooked, or elseare confounded with roots. Fromtheir situation they are out of or-dinary sight; but they will wellrepay examination. Por the veg-etation that is carried on underground is hardly less varied orimportant than that above groun
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