Lemnoideae
Duckweeds, or water lens, are flowering aquatic plants which float on or just beneath the surface of still or slow-moving bodies of fresh water and wetlands. Also known as "bayroot," they arose from within the arum or aroid family (Araceae), and therefore, often are classified as the subfamily Lemnoideae within the Araceae. Classifications created prior to the end of the 20th century classify them as a separate family, Lemnaceae.
These plants are very simple, lacking an obvious stem or leaves. The greater part of each plant is a small organized "thallus" or "frond" structure only a few cells thick, often with air pockets (aerenchyma) that allow it to float on or just under the water surface. Depending on the species, each plant may have no root or may have one or more simple rootlets.
Reproduction is mostly by asexual budding, which occurs from a meristem enclosed at the base of the frond. Occasionally, three tiny "flowers" consisting of two stamens and a pistil are produced, by which sexual reproduction occurs. Some view this "flower" as a pseudanthium, or reduced inflorescence, with three flowers that are distinctly either female or male and which are derived from the spadix in the Araceae. Evolution of the duckweed inflorescence remains ambiguous due to the considerable evolutionary reduction of these plants from their earlier relatives.
The Continent (film)
The Continent (Chinese: 后会无期) is a 2014 Chinese road trip comedy film directed and written by Han Han. The film was released on July 24, 2014.
This movie was produced by Beijing Lorry Limited, Hangzhou Guomai Media Limited, and Bona Film Group Limited. Han Han, the famous youth author in China mainland, is this movie’s screenwriter and director. Bolin Chen and William Feng are the leading roles. This movie is talking about several young men who lived in an island which is located in East Sea have planned a journey to across the China mainland, and the experiences they have gone through finally decided the ends of their destinies.
The filming process was started on Feb. 14, 2014. The movie team had found views from five places, which were Shanghai, Xichang, Chifeng, Mount Putuo in Zhoushan, and Dongji Island. It was finished on May 26, 2014. One of the leading roles, William Feng, was injured when the filming process was nearly finished. On July 24, 2014, the movie was shown in China mainland.
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Crushing
by: DogwoodEverything I've ever done
And everything I have
Amounts to nothing
Keeps on crushing you within
Sometimes you want to be alone
It won't find the time to understand
And concentrate on everything you see
If you think about it hard you'll know
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