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PLANT LIFE. 



the main axis perishes at the end of the growing season 

 (fig. 299). 



367. (d) Cuttings or scions. — Closely related to this 

 mode of reproduction is that bv the separation of fleshy 



Fig. 299, — A seedling potato plant, c is the ba^e r>f tlie ^tuii 

 root, r. The primaiy lea\'es ct, are still present. '11k' ra 

 branched as later onts will be. In the axils of ihi. Iia\l 

 with scale lea\'e5, c' c, and secondary nuils, r . The lip^ 



w whiiii is the prinmiy 

 lea\es,y', are not so much 

 ■a\es arise the branches /■, 

 't these branches, \\hen 



illuminated, bear foliage leaves, y" ; but u-^uallv thev ihieken intn tviheis. //■, w hicli 

 have scale leaves, c' c' , in whose axils buds, /v , are binned, tlie sn-Lalled " eyes " ol 

 the tuber. Natural size. — After Ducharlie. 



members, upon which are snbsLMjucnih' developed ad\enti- 

 tioLis biuls, whicli gi\e rise tn \\c\\ plains. Tlic thick K'a\"es 

 of Bryiiphvl/ia/i are oltrn b](_)\\n olf b\" siorms, and produce 

 new ijlants from buds fornu-d at the tectli ah)nu the ediie. 



