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each other, or whether they are lateral shoots on the main 



shoot of the first year. The new shoots of the third year 



may again arise from the same 



nodes. Some of these may be 



plainly seen to be placed low down 



on the second year's shoot; others 



are situated further towards the 



end of it, at the nodes, in bunches 



or singly. 



Eremosparton flowers in May 

 or June. The flowers are red, 



short- stalked, and being arranged Fi & 25 - Eremosparton aphyi- 



... lum. Longitudinal section 



widely apart they form loose rac- through part of a year-shoot 



ernes. Even at the beginning of ( A )- Tnis bears a leaf OT. 



an assimilation-branch (B) and 



June truits are found on the lower a bud (C), from which a new 



parts Of the plant. The flowers branch w iU arise next year. 



developed last do not seem to yield 



Fig. 26. Eremosparton aphyllum. A, Transverse section of year-shoot. 

 Sclerenchyma shown black; palisade-tissue hatched in one direction; Vas- 

 cular bundles cross-hatched. Dead hairs cover part of the surface. B. De- 

 tail of A : S, storage sheath; Phi., Phloeum; Camb, Cambium; Fas., Vessels. 

 C & D, Hairs; D, shows a stoma (St), and K, inner limit of the cuticul- 

 arised layer. A, X 47. Z), X 230. 



