The Bookshelf for boys and girls: Nature and Outdoor Life part 3 (1912)
University Society, New York · New York : University Society · leaf 127
s the habit of thedeer, as well as of the ox, kind; and this ob-servation makes it plain that the tendency of thespurs is a nice adaptation to their protectivefunction with a view to the foes to be feared andthe quarter from which attack is to be expected. It is not unreasonable to surmise that had… … OUR COMMON AROID ORINDIAN TURNIP.(Arisiema triphyllum.) a, flower with spathe turned back;b, c, two forms of spadix. A GIGANTIC JACK-IN-THE-PULPIT Herewith is an illustration of the largest aroid,both in leaf and flower, of which we have anyknowledge. An aroid is a plant that is a member of the…
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