KOUTS. 



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Fig. 92, 



A tropical aroid (Antkurium), showing its large leaves, and bunches ol 

 aerial roots. 



soil they usually do not penetrate or enter into any soil re- 

 lation. Such pure water roots may be found dangling from 

 the under surface of the common duck weeds, which often 

 cover the surface of stagnant water with their minute, 

 green, disk-like bodies. 



