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For this reason the species is called acaulescent, indicating that it has no other stem than the subterranean rootstock.— Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation
In the adult flower the appearances are the same, though the causes may have been different CHAPTER I SUPPRESSION OF AXILE ORGANS Absolute suppression of the main axis is tantamount to the non-existence of the plant, so that the terms "acaulescent," "acaulosia," etc, must be considered relatively only, and must be taken to signify an atrophied or diminished size of the stem, arising from the non-development of the internodes The absence of lateral branches or divisions of the axis is of frequent occurrence, and is dependent on such causes as the following:--deficient supply of nutriment, position against a wall or other obstacle, close crowding of individual plants, too great or too little light, too rich or too poor a soil, &c Probably the absence of the swollen portion below the flower in the case of many proliferous roses, double-flowered apples, as already referred to, may be dependent on the non-development of the extremity of the peduncle or flower-stalk.— Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants
Absolute suppression of the main axis is tantamount to the non-existence of the plant, so that the terms "acaulescent," "acaulosia," etc, must be considered relatively only, and must be taken to signify an atrophied or diminished size of the stem, arising from the non-development of the internodes.— Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants
In Holland the acaulescent primrose is quite a common plant, filling the woods in the spring with thousands of clusters of bright yellow flowers.— Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation
To my mind this curious anomaly strongly supports the view of the latent condition of the scape in the acaulescent species, and that such a dormant character must be due to a descent from ancestors with active scapes, seems to be in no need of further reiteration.— Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation
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