[6] so FLOWERING PLANTS 



Vegetative organs (continued). 



ARRANGEMENT OF LEAVES, STEMS AND ROOTS IN DIFFERENT TYPES 

 IV. Corm. 



F. Crocus corm (autumn resting stage). Cut the corm longitudinally through the middle and sketch 

 the section, marking scar left by falling off of flowering shoot, protective scales, buds in their axils, which will form 

 new flowering shoots. 



G. Crocus plant (spring stage). The buds in F have grown out into flowering shoots, whose bases are 

 thickening to form new corms. 



Identify the scar of last year's flowering shoot. 



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