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exceptions occur in some monocotyledons, e.g. in the aroid family, where in some genera the plant produces one huge, much-branched leaf each season. in rare cases, the main axis is unbranched and ends in a flower , as, for instance, in the tulip, where scale-leaves, forming the underground bulb, green foliage-leaves
, and colored floral leaves are born on one and the same axis. generally, flowers are formed only on shoots of a higher order, often only on the ultimate branches of a much branched system. a potential branch or bud, either foliage or flower, is formed in the axil of each leaf; sometimes more than one...
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