Four leaves were then placed under a bell-glass, with their footstalks in water, with drops of syrup on their backs, but without any meat.
The leaves form minute flattened cups, with the footstalks attached not to one margin, but to the bottom.
In this specimen the rush-like footstalks of the leaves were 20 inches in length.
These trials were made with cut off-leaves, and it occurred to me that this circumstance might influence the result, as the footstalks would not perhaps absorb water quickly enough to supply the glands as they continued to secrete.
Most of the heads had fallen off, and the footstalks alone remained; so that the ventral surface and the orifice, when viewed under a weak power, appeared as if clothed with fine bristles.
These were then placed with their footstalksin water, and after 23 hrs.
The footstalks of this latter species bear multicellular hairs, which we have good reason to believe represent aborted tentacles.
In all, the footstalks of the leaves are somewhat folded round the stem at their base.
The footstalks of the leaves are articulated, and will separate from the branch without tearing them.
The most remarkable of the Cryptogamous plants are the ferns, some of which become lofty trees; the wood of which is in curious wavy lines, as it appears to be formed by the footstalks of the decayed leaves growing together and becoming woody.
The roughness on the stem arises from the remains of the footstalks of old leaves.
The whole plant is covered with a clammy down, particularly the leaves, which are large and flabby, and which have their footstalks dilated at the base, so as partly to enfold the stem.
The footstalks should then be separated from the leaves, and tied up in bundles of suitable size for market.
The footstalks of the leaves have a much deeper tinge of purple than those of the other kinds.
Small leafy organs placed at the base of the footstalks of the leaves in many plants.
Some are found upon the leaf itself; others upon the footstalks only; others upon the roots; and others upon the buds[776].
The small clusters are umbels--that is to say, thefootstalks of similar length start from a common base.
The glossy, leathery leaves vary in shape from a triangular form to a pointed oval, their edges doubly toothed, and their footstalks long and slender.
It is probably a new species of the genus corypha; and is called in the country palma de sombrero, the footstalks of the leaves being employed in weaving hats resembling our straw hats.
The gallitos, or rock-manakins, are sold at Pararuma in pretty little cages made of the footstalks of palm-leaves.
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