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father. And on the palm there is only one bud 
— the one at the top of the stem. 
6. " Some plants have an odd 
way of sending stems along the 
ground, like the ^runners' of the 
A Rhizome or E.oot-stock (stem that stretches underground). 
strawberry plants. We know that these 'runners' 
Tubers of Yam Plant. 
are really stems, for they take root^ and send out 
leaves. 
