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Q. Which one of the following is an example of sub-aerial modification of stem ?

Morphology of Flowering Plants

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In some plants the stem is feeble or weak and aerial part of it grows horizontally on the ground while some part remains underground. They may be of different kinds like runner, stolon, trailers and offset. In runner stem consists of long intemodes. Aerial branches are formed from the axil of scaly leaves which are present on the nodes while the roots arise from the lower side, e.g. Cynodon, Hydrocotyle, Oxalis.