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THE FIRST BOOK OF BOTANY. 
If yon compare tlie stems of plants with Fig. 82, 
you will find them made up of the parts here pointed 
out. At certain places, called nodes, along the stem, 
Fig. 83. 
a leaf or leaves will be seen, with bare spaces be¬ 
tween. In Fig. 82 the stem is made np of these 
spaces, each with a leaf at its top. Find the nodes 
