. Outlines of botany for the high school laboratory and classroom (based on Gray's Lessons in botany) Prepared at the request of the Botanical Dept. of Harvard University. Botany; Botany. rUE STEM 61 97. A scaly bulb (like that of the Lily, Fig. 51), is one in which the are thick but comparatively narrow. 98. A tunicated or coated bulb is one in which the scales enwrap eacli other, furniing concentric coats or layers, as in Hyacinth and Onion. 99. Stems as foliage. — All green parts of tlie plant, whetlier belonging to the leaf or to the stem, .serve tlie same purpose as the foliage to
. Outlines of botany for the high school laboratory and classroom (based on Gray's Lessons in botany) Prepared at the request of the Botanical Dept. of Harvard University. Botany; Botany. rUE STEM 61 97. A scaly bulb (like that of the Lily, Fig. 51), is one in which the are thick but comparatively narrow. 98. A tunicated or coated bulb is one in which the scales enwrap eacli other, furniing concentric coats or layers, as in Hyacinth and Onion. 99. Stems as foliage. — All green parts of tlie plant, whetlier belonging to the leaf or to the stem, .serve tlie same purpose as the foliage to some extent; for example, the 2'reen twio's of a tree and the green stem of an 82. Flattened leaflike steins of Muhlenbeckia platy- clados, bearing flower clusters nt the nodes. A considerable number of plants have come to dispense with leaves entirely, modified stems doing their work. Thus, in the Asparagus wliat appear to be needle-like leaves are in reality branches springing from the axils of the true leaves; the leaves themselves being minute, dry scales. In Muhlenbeckia (Fig. 52) the nodes of the stem. 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 Leavitt, Robert Greenleaf, 1865-1942; Gray, Asa, 1810-1888. Field, forest, and garden botany. New York, American Book Co
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