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Fig. 36. Seedling 

 of timothy 

 showing the 

 Brain, the first 

 leaf as a sheath, 

 the single root 

 bearing few 

 root hairs 

 above the tip, 

 and these hairs 

 have caught 

 onto grains of 

 ■and. 



Fig. 28. Seed 

 of red clover 

 germinating; 

 the tip of the 

 sprout is a 

 root, the por- 

 tion Lext the 

 seed is a 

 stem. 





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Fig. 29. Seed of 

 red clover In a 

 more advanced 

 stage of germ- 

 ination, show- 

 ing root hairs 

 and a few 

 grains of sand. 



Fig. 27. Seedling of 

 timothy, farther 

 advanced, showing 

 a second small root 

 and a twisted leaf 

 bl ade above the first 

 eheath. 



The moist seed of clover sends forth a single rather stout white 

 stem with root at the apex, much after the manner of the bean, and a short 

 distance from the seed-leaves on this root portion, after a little, appear 

 great numbers of root hairs, and these are shorter and shorter, and are 

 finally entirely absent as we approach the tip of the root. 



