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FREAKS OF PLANT LIFE. 



remarks, that the tendrils of different species are 

 adapted to clasp supports of different thicknesses, 



Fig. 33. — Tendrils of Passiflora. edulis. 



and that when a tendril has clasped its support it 

 afterwards tightens its hold. 1 



When a tendril does not attach itself it ultimately' 



1 Sachs' " Text-book of Botany," p. 280. 



