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which give rise to leaves. The tip of stem (agra)? is naked unless it terminates in a bud.
Plant stems are either herbaceous or woody.9 The soft, green, rather thin herbaceous stems are typical of plants called annuals in Botany. Such plants start from seed (bija), develop flower and produce seeds within a single growing season, dying before the following winters. Another type of herbaceous plant is the biennial, which has two-season growing cycle. During the first season, while the plant is growing, food is stored in the root. Then the plant dies and is replaced in the second growing season by a second top which produces seeds. Carrots (gajjara)" and Süraņakanda? are examples of biennials quite different from the her. baceous annuals, and the woody perennials, which live longer than two
1. Sūtrakstānga II. 3.43.
Gommațasāra, v. 16.6. Mūlaggapirabi jaha kamda taha Khamdhabijabijaruha / Summucchima ya bhaņiya patteka bantakāya ya” (186). Rice, etc.
Sāli Vihi Godhuma javajavä kala masura tilamugga Māsa nipphava Kulattha alisamda sāliņa palimaṁtha" Ayasi Kusuma Koddava Kamga Rālaga Varasamaga kodusa // saņa sarísava mulaga biya a yāva aņņā tahapaggārā //
Paņņavanā, 50, 42-43, pp. 20-21
Lokaprakāśa, 5. 54-55. Setpad: 3. Lokaprakāśa, 5. 79, 96. 4. Paņņavanā, 50, 43-44;
Lokaprakāśa, 5. 54-55. 5. Lokaprakaśa 5. 84. 6. Ibid., 7. Sūtrakstānga II. 3.
Uttarādhyayaņa Sūtra, 39. 94 (Comm.) Paņņavanā, 40, 13-15. (Rukkha), 41, 16-18. Ankulla gamby nimbāmrah etc. up to Dadhiparņa etc,
Lokaprakāša, 5.99-103. 8. Lokaprakāśa 5.40. (Utkalah Kamtakaḥ kecit)
Lokaprakāśa 5, 79.96 Yatra Skandhakandamülašākhāşu Khalu Vikşyate / Tvaca sthūlatara Kāşthāt sa tvacānantajivika // 79 !
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