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Stems not only differ in texture and size, but they vary in form. 

 Most stems are round and smooth, like the stem of the rose. Some 



STEM OF 

 ROSE 



STEM OF 

 WALLFLOWER 



STEM OF 

 SWEET PEA 



are angular, like the dead nettle and wallflower. Some are flat, 

 like that of the sweet pea and the vetch. Have you seen 

 these plants? 



Then, again, all stems do not grow in the same way. Some grow 

 erect and straight, like the geranium, and hold up their leaves and 

 flowers. Most stems do this. Some stems, like the morning-glory, 

 support themselves by turning round any pole or support that 

 comes in their way which will hold them up. Sometimes the long 

 slender stems of the leaves themselves twine and hold up the leaf, 

 as in the garden nightshade. 



Some stems grow so long that they cannot hold themselves 



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