. Foundations of botany. uits adapted for Dispersal by the Shaking Action of the , celandine ; II, pea; III, jimson weed {Datura). they have become matted, withoui; cutting out all thehairs to which they are fastened. A curious case of distribution of this kind occurredin the island of Ternate, in the Malay Archipelago. Abuffalo with his hair stuck full of the needle-like fruits ofa grass ^ was sent as a present to the so-called King ofTernate. Scattered from the hair of this single animal,the grass soon spread over the whole island. 1 Andropogon adcularis. HOW PLANTS AliE SCATTERED 38B
. Foundations of botany. uits adapted for Dispersal by the Shaking Action of the , celandine ; II, pea; III, jimson weed {Datura). they have become matted, withoui; cutting out all thehairs to which they are fastened. A curious case of distribution of this kind occurredin the island of Ternate, in the Malay Archipelago. Abuffalo with his hair stuck full of the needle-like fruits ofa grass ^ was sent as a present to the so-called King ofTernate. Scattered from the hair of this single animal,the grass soon spread over the whole island. 1 Andropogon adcularis. HOW PLANTS AliE SCATTERED 38B Why do bur-bearing plants often carry their fruit untillate winter or early spring? What reason can be given for the fact that the burdock,the cocklebur, the beggars-ticks, the hounds-tongue, andmany other common burs, are among the most persistentof weeds ? 453. Uses of Stone Fruits and of Fleshy Fruits to thePlant. — Besides the dry fruits, of which some of theprincipal kinds have been mentioned, there are many kinds. Fig. 272. —Burs. A, sticktights ; B, sticktights, two segments, magnified;C, burdock ; D, cockleburs. of stone fruits and other fleshy fruits (Sects. 242-247).Of these the great majority are eatable by man or some ofthe lower animals, and oftentimes the amount of sugarand other food material which they contain is very con-siderable. It is a well-recognized principle of botany, and 384 FOUNDATIONS OF BOTANY of zoology as well, that plants and animals do not makeunrewarded outlays for the benefit of other species. Evi-dently the pulp of fruits is not to be consumed or used
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