Word: banyan
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Dates: during 1889-1889
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...inherent means for the distribution of plants were divided into three classes-by stem, by root, and by fruit-and these were still further subdivided-stem into suckers, runners and rhizomes; roots into aerial growth as is the case with the banyan and rattan; and fruit into dehiscence, both active and passive, and elasticity. Dehiscence is not necessarily elastic, and an ordinary observer cannot fail to corroborate the truth of this statement by seeing the workings of nature in regard to plant growth. Inherent means for dissemination, however, must always prove limited, and it is necessary to depend largely...