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BOTANY 



PART II 



adherent to the axillary shoots, which as a rule develop equally, tin- branching 

 appears to be extra-axillary, a terminal flower or fruit being situated in the t'nik. 



FIG. 739. Atropa Belladonna (J nat. size). Orrn IM. ami /'o/.v/.voj .-. 



Nicotiana tabacum (Figs. 742, 743) is a South American plant with numerous 

 cultivated varieties, which are grown both in Kuropc and the tropics. Its large 

 alternate leaves, which bear numerous glandular hairs, form, after being dried and 



