. A text-book of botany for secondary schools. Botany. ALGiE 1J9 and often bearing air-bladders to assist in floating (Fig. 111). The most complex body is that of the gulfweed (Sargassum), in which there are slender branching stems. Fig. 110.—A sea-palm.—After Ru- Fig. 111.—Fragment of i^wcus, showing PBECHT. forked branching, reproductive tips, and air-bladders.—After Luerssen. bearing numerous leaves like ordinary foliage, and stalked air-bladders that resemble berries (Fig. 112). The gulf- weeds occur in warmer waters than do the other large forms, and are often torn from their anchorage an
. A text-book of botany for secondary schools. Botany. ALGiE 1J9 and often bearing air-bladders to assist in floating (Fig. 111). The most complex body is that of the gulfweed (Sargassum), in which there are slender branching stems. Fig. 110.—A sea-palm.—After Ru- Fig. 111.—Fragment of i^wcus, showing PBECHT. forked branching, reproductive tips, and air-bladders.—After Luerssen. bearing numerous leaves like ordinary foliage, and stalked air-bladders that resemble berries (Fig. 112). The gulf- weeds occur in warmer waters than do the other large forms, and are often torn from their anchorage and carried away from the coast by currents, collecting in the great sea eddies produced by oceanic currents and forming the so-called Sargasso seas. Some of the gulfweeds forming these masses. 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
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