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GLIMPSES INTO PLANT-LIFE 



karpos, fruit), and inside it lies the kernel, or true 

 seed. As a type of a deliiscent fruit we may 

 select a pea-pod ; here we get no division of the 

 coats into distinct parts, the pericarp is dry and 

 tough, and when perfectly ripe it bursts open, 

 and allows the seeds to escape. 



SECTION OV I'EACH. 



It would be \'ery interesting to make a collection 

 of various seed-vessels, and note the immense 

 variety of ways in which the seeds find their way 

 out of the dry capsules. A poppy-head, cam- 

 panula and antirrhinum sprays, henbane, colum- 

 bine, stramonium, and many other plants afford 

 good examples. 



