318 THE PARTS OF A SEED-PLANT 
Fic. 279.—Flax Germination. A, seed, cut vertically to shoe the seed- 
coat (c), seed-food (f), embryo (e), with its seed-leaves (1), seed-bud (b), 
seed-stem (s) and seed-root (r). B, seed beginning to sprout; the seed- 
