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ELEMENTARY ORGANS OF PLANTS. 



posed phytons or buds which are developed successively on its 

 stem or axis of growth, and diflFer only from "the parent plant 

 developed on the soil," in having "no free radical extremity;" 



Fig. 22. 



their roots commingling with and " contributing to the forma- 

 tion of the wood of the stem on which they grow." Fig. 22 is 



