Internode

Internode, that part of a stem that intervenes between two -nodes or points at which successive leaves are given off. Internodes are fairly well seen in the fresh-water alga Batracho-spermum. In Charaoeae, as in not a few higher plants, there is a marked difference in the internal structure of nodes and internodes. In most grasses the nodes are solid, but the internodes hollow. In most flowers, in buds, on the dwarf-shoots of larch and cedar, 6r in plants with rosettes of leaves, the internodes are very slightly elongated; but in some bamboos each internode reaches a length of several feet.