THE GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF PLANTS 7 
_- Leaf Rudiment 
----- Growing Point 
~~~. Young Leaf 
Terminal Bud ..... 
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Intercellular Space 
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Pericycle <_ ~~ Petiole 
“Axillary Bud 
Conducting Tissue ..-}-1 
Cotyledonary Bud 
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aera Cotyledons 
Fic. 1.—Diagram of the body of a seed plant, showing its principal parts. (From 
Robbins, after Holman and Robbins.) 
