. Plant studies; an elementary botany. Botany. H)G PLANT STUDIES tluit of the Ijaiiyau tree, whose wide-spreading branches are supported l)y proj) roots, which arc sometimes very numerous (see Fig. 101). The immense banyans usually illustrated are especially culti- vated as sacred trees, the i)rop roots being as- sisted in pene- trating tlic soil. There is record of sucli a tree in Ceylon with 350 large and 3,000 small prop roots, al)le to cover a village of 100 huts. (;0. Parasites, —Besides roots related to soil, water, air, and various mechani- cal supports, there arc others related to host
. Plant studies; an elementary botany. Botany. H)G PLANT STUDIES tluit of the Ijaiiyau tree, whose wide-spreading branches are supported l)y proj) roots, which arc sometimes very numerous (see Fig. 101). The immense banyans usually illustrated are especially culti- vated as sacred trees, the i)rop roots being as- sisted in pene- trating tlic soil. There is record of sucli a tree in Ceylon with 350 large and 3,000 small prop roots, al)le to cover a village of 100 huts. (;0. Parasites, —Besides roots related to soil, water, air, and various mechani- cal supports, there arc others related to hosts. A host is a liv- ing or an i ni a 1 n p o n w h i c h s 0 m e other plant or animal is living as a parasite. The parasite gets its su])})lics from the host, and must be related to it projierly. If the parasite grows ujion the surface of its host, it must penetrate the body to obtain. Fig. 10'2. a dodder ])l;int ])ariisitic on .a wilktw twifj;. Tlie leatluss dodder twines about the willow, and sends out suclcing processes whicli i)enetrate and al)sorh,—Atter 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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