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host on which they may be epiphytic. Runners 

 proceed from these, which sometimes give rise to 

 new plants. The erect shoots are mostly articulated 



- I 



II 

 tig 



U 



II 





filaments consisting of tiers of cells and terminating 

 upwards in an apical cell, by division of which growth 

 takes place. This apical cell is of relatively large 

 size and the shoot possesses the remarkable power 



