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Beautiful examples of elastic plant organs are furnished by any 

 field of grain over which a gust of wind is passing. The stems 

 with their heavv heads of fruit, under the breeze bend almost to 



Fig. 212. — Willows and bulrushes. The latter are typical surf-plants. After 

 photograph bj' Williams. 



the ground, then as the air becomes calmer elastically swing back 

 again into the erect position. Or, when it is blowing a great 



