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each other, or whether they are lateral shoots on the main 
shoot of the first 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 
widely apart they form loose rac- 
emes. Even at the beginning of 
June fruits are found on the lower 
parts of the plant. The flowers 
The new shoots of the third year 
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Sr 
Fig. 25. Eremosparton aphyl- 
lum. Longitudinal section 
through part of a year-shoot 
(A). This bears a leaf (F), 
an assimilation-branch (B) and 
a bud (C), from which a new 
branch will arise next year. 
> CNE 
developed last do not seem to yield 
Fig. 26. 
Sclerenchyma shown black; palisade-tissue hatched in one direction; Vas- 
Eremosparton aphyllum. A, .Transverse section of year-shoot. 
cular bundles cross-hatched. Dead hairs cover part of the surface. B. De- 
tail of A: S, storage sheath; Phl., Phlæum; Camb., Cambium; Vas., Vessels. 
C & D, Hairs; D, shows a stoma (St), and K, inner limit of the cuticul- 
arised layer. A, X 47. B—D, X 230. 
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