48 PLANT-LIFE ON LAND [CH. m 



in distinct regions of the plant. In fact the Flower 

 comes into existence as a thing distinct from the 

 merely vegetative shoot. The discussion of this will 

 be the subject of the ensuing chapters, in which it 

 will be shown that with the appearance of the Flower 

 the amphibious life is left behind, and a true Flora of 

 the Land is brought into being. 



