The leaves are produced in compact tufts on the extremities of the old or woody parts of the shrub, which become procumbent in aged specimens; the leaves vary in length from 2in.
All these young shoots grow in the upward direction, leaving the procumbent branches to form an even line on the lower side.
The procumbent stems will, in strong patches, be found to supply rootlets in abundance.
The most striking characteristics of the Prostrate Gromwell are its fine dark blue flowers and procumbent habit.
When it once finds a happy home it increases fast; the thick stalks are procumbent and emit roots.
They are arranged on procumbent branches, all, like the flowers, facing upwards.
The procumbent stem curved up and attained a state of equilibrium under the action of geotropic stimulus.
Record of diurnal movements of young procumbent stem of Mimosa pudica 26 8.
I obtained records of similar diurnal movements with variousprocumbent or creeping stems.
As in the case of the Palm so also in the procumbent stem of Basella there was a physiological lag, which was 50 minutes in the morning and about the same in the afternoon.
Figure 7 gives the diurnal record of the procumbent stem of a young specimen of Mimosa pudica.
Diurnal curve of movement of procumbent young stem of Mimosa pudica.
The trunks of the larger trees often lean over the beach or lie partly procumbent on the sand.
It is the delicate fibres lining the inside of the skin of the young procumbent branches that the native selects for his purpose.
In figure 200 is given records of the inclined palm tree, of procumbent stem of Tropaeolum, and the leaf of the palm tree.
Diurnal record of inclined palm tree, of geotropically curved procumbent stem of Tropaeolum and the dia-geotropic leaf of palm.
Diurnal curve of the procumbent stem of Tropaeolum majus, and the leaf of Dahlia for two successive days.
I therefore extended my investigation on various geotropically curvedprocumbent stems of Ipoemia, Basella, and of Tropaeolum majus.
The bringing of them together by the cross resulted in a procumbent plant with long internodes.
Cupids of the procumbent type like the original Cupid parent, and Cupids with the compact upright Bush habit (Pl.
A systematist who defined the wild sweet pea could hardly fail to include in his definition such characters as the procumbent habit, the tendrils, the form of the pollen, the shape of the flower, and its purple colour.
Of these characters length of internode was carried by the Bush, and the procumbent habit by the original Cupid parent.
In reality it is of procumbent habit, with divergent stems like the ordinary Cupid, a fact which can easily be observed by anyone who will watch them grow without the artificial aid of prepared supports.
The stem of the 2nd is procumbent abot the size of the former, jointed and unbranched.
The Stem of the 2nd is procumbent about the Size of the former, jointed and umbracated.
Low, spreading or procumbent herbs, mostly annuals, with opposite or whorled entire leaves, and solitary flowers on axillary peduncles.
Stems branching, oftenprocumbent and rooting at the joints.
Five pairs of skulls were compared and in all 5 pairs finitus had more procumbent upper incisors (C.
Five pairs of skulls were compared; in all 5 pairs, finitus had more procumbent incisor teeth (C.
Most of these have either matted procumbent stems, or such as, including the flower, rarely rise more than an inch in height.
We also collected the linum rigidum, and a semi-procumbent species of sida, which appears to be undescribed.
It is of a procumbent habit, and has a woody nature.
Cyanthus Lobatus--A small, but very beautifulprocumbent perennial, well adapted to fill moist places on rock-work if the situation is open and sunny.
A charming little evergreen, of procumbent growth, bearing throughout the whole summer a number of berries on the main branches.
Its stem and branches are round or scarcely angular, and usually procumbent and crooked.
Its stem is sometimes procumbent and rooting at the base, sometimes ascending or nearly erect, and is thinly clothed on all sides by soft, spreading hairs.
A procumbent or erect, spreading plant, without mealiness or nauseous odour.
A procumbent or spreading plant, with a granular, mealy surface and a nauseous odour resembling that of stale fish, especially when rubbed or bruised.
It is an aromatic herb, with a procumbent stem, from six to twelve inches long, and ascending, leafy, flowering branches.
It is a small, straggling shrub, from one to three feet high, sometimes erect, but more commonly procumbent and rooting at the base, with slender branches.
A very common procumbent weed, with wiry stems from one to two or three feet long.
The plant is of a procumbent nature, with woody stems, and opposite, flat, oval or oblong leaves, green above and hoary beneath.
There are three distinct varieties of this plant, two of which have erect stems with short internodes, while the third is procumbent with long internodes; and in all three the capsules are shorter than the sepals.
The Selaginellas are characterised by a procumbent stem that branches in one plane only, producing small, sessile leaves, with a single central vein.
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