The Movements and Habits of Climbing PlantsMurray, 1876 - 208 páginas |
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1st circle Adlumia Ampelopsis Asa Gray ascend average rate became straight become Bignonia Cardiospermum caught Ceropegia Cissus clasped a stick clasping a support clasping petioles Clematis climbers climbing plants contract spirally course curvature DICOTYLEDONS discs Dutrochet Eccremocarpus Echinocystis ellipses extremity flower-peduncles follows the sun Fritz Müller genus grain growing growth highly sensitive hooked hothouse inch in length irregular spire last species leaf leaf-climbers leaflets leaves light lightly rubbed loop of thread Lophospermum lower ment modified Mohl move object observed opposite direction Passiflora peduncle perceptibly curved petioles revolving movement rootlets round a support Scyphanthus seen seize slightly Solanum dulcamara Solanum jasminoides sometimes species of Bignonia spiral contraction spire spontaneously revolving stem straightened string sub-peduncle sub-petioles surface tarsus tendril-bearing terminal thick thread weighing touch true tendril twine round twining plants twisted vertical stick Whilst the plant whilst young young internodes young plant دو وو
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