. Botany for secondary schools; a guide to the knowledge of the vegetation of the neighborhood. Plants. WATER ABSORPTION 71 the surfaces of the rootlets themselves do a small part. Water-plants probably absorb through the leaves and stems. Most of the higher plants, how- ever, growing in water, are pro- vided with roots and root-hairs and considerable absorption is effected by these. Certain of the water-plants have roots but produce no root-hairs; others, as the utricularia or bladder- wort, have no roots whatever. 149. Osmosis.—To under- stand how water enters the root-hair, it is necessary
. Botany for secondary schools; a guide to the knowledge of the vegetation of the neighborhood. Plants. WATER ABSORPTION 71 the surfaces of the rootlets themselves do a small part. Water-plants probably absorb through the leaves and stems. Most of the higher plants, how- ever, growing in water, are pro- vided with roots and root-hairs and considerable absorption is effected by these. Certain of the water-plants have roots but produce no root-hairs; others, as the utricularia or bladder- wort, have no roots whatever. 149. Osmosis.—To under- stand how water enters the root-hair, it is necessary that we study a great quantity of water. 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 Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde), 1858-1954. New York, Macmillan
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