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From the leaf-axils of the rosette, thread-like runners 

 iFig. 10) are given off which may attain a length of 15 cm. and 

 consist only of a single internode ; they terminate in a rosette 



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which is more or less spherical because its leaves are curved 

 upwards and inwards and are closely imbricated. The young 

 rosettes are Oxed in the soil by means of adventitious roots, 



