. Leaves and flowers : or, Object lessons in botany with a flora : prepared for beginners in academies and public schools . Botany. Fig. 345. Corms of Putty-root (^pfe(!<r»m) : a, of last year; i, of the present year. Fig. 346. Scale bulb of White Lily. ' Fig. 347. Scale bulb of Violet Sorrel (Oxalis violacea), with scales instead of leaves. Thus we have two classes of stems; namelj, leaf-stems and scale-stems. These figures, one of the delicate Diclytra and the other (Fig. 341) of the. Tig. 348. Ehizome of Solomon's Seal: a, fragment of the first year's growth; i, the second year's growth;

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. Leaves and flowers : or, Object lessons in botany with a flora : prepared for beginners in academies and public schools . Botany. Fig. 345. Corms of Putty-root (^pfe(!<r»m) : a, of last year; i, of the present year. Fig. 346. Scale bulb of White Lily. ' Fig. 347. Scale bulb of Violet Sorrel (Oxalis violacea), with scales instead of leaves. Thus we have two classes of stems; namelj, leaf-stems and scale-stems. These figures, one of the delicate Diclytra and the other (Fig. 341) of the. Tig. 348. Ehizome of Solomon's Seal: a, fragment of the first year's growth; i, the second year's growth; <;, the third year's growth,, bearing <i, the stem of the present year, which will leave a scar (the seal), like that of the others. Fig. 349. Premorse rhizome of Trillium. 228. What two dasses of stems have we to consider ? What is the differ- ence hetween them ? To which class does Diclytra belong ? Prince's Pine ?. 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 Wood, Alphonso, 1810-1881. New York : A. A. Barnes

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