顶生植物

For the nobler plants are valued for the fruit they bear at last in the air and light, far from the ground, and are not treated like the humbler esculents, which, though they may be biennials, are cultivated only till they have perfected their root, and often cut down at top for this purpose, so that most would not know them in their flowering season.

因为那些更高贵的植物的价值是由远离地面的、最后在空气和日光中结成的果实来评定的，而不是像对待那低卑蔬菜的那样。蔬菜就算是两年生的植物，那也只是被培植到生好根以后，而且常被摘去顶枝，使得许多人在开花的季节都认不得它们。

For the nobler plants are valued for the fruit they bear at last in the air and light, far from the ground, and are not treated like the humbler esculents, which, though they may be biennials, are cultivated only till they have perfected their root, and often cut down at top for this purpose, so that most would not know them in their flowering season.

蔬菜就算是两年生的植物，那也只是被培植到生好根以后，而且常被摘去顶枝，使得许多人在开花的季节都认不得它们。这一段意思基本译出了，只是有些地方读着别扭，恕我过分挑剔了。

The change of plant functional types'importance value reflects the community members'alteration and orientation of community succession, that is: perennial grasses gradually take the place of annual or biennial forbs and perennial forbs, finally occupy dominant position in climax community.

植物功能群重要值的变化反映了群落成员型的更迭、群落演替方向，即：多年生禾草类不断取代1、2年生杂草和多年生杂草的地位，在演替顶极中最终占主导地位。

Stipules mostly free sometimes partly connate with 2-lobed apex on upper parts of plant in U .

托叶多数离生在上半部分的U植物上2裂顶的部分合生的sometjmes 。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。