INTRODUCTION 



leaves and adventitious roots at its nodes. It generally grows 

 horizontally and is fleshy, as m Solomon's-seal and Ins; but it 

 may be slender, as in Couch-grass and Sand-sedge, 



When the 



Common Ivy : ", a, acn.W roijl 



Toothwoit Willi scaly leases and bractb {/>}. 



older portion dies away it lias an abrupt, or pnnnorsc (bitten ofl") 

 end, as in the Devil's-bit Scabious (p 245) and the Primrose. 



The sucker is a branch, or secondary stem, given off under- 

 ground and rising to the surface, as in the Common Kim, ISIints, 

 and Roses. 



