THE FLOWERING PLANT. 



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and yon can see no openings, bnt each rootlet ends in 

 a soft, little, spongy knob called a spongiole, which 



Fig. 35. 



•Node, or Knot. 



Stem. 



Cup-Leaf. 



Rootlets. 



Boot. 



sncks the jnices from the gronnd, jnst as a sponge drinks 

 np water. Yon can see the spongioles, or little sponges, 



