70 Resemblances and Differences Among Living Things 





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Fig. 13. Genealogical Tree of Plant Life 



An attempt to classify plants according to their resemblances results in a 

 tree-like arrangement. The more closely related two forms are, the closer 

 together would they be on a given branch, Louer and higher mean nearer 

 to or farther from a common ancestral type. From Gruenberg, Elementary 

 Biology, published by Ginn & Company. 



