THE SEED. 145 



Parts ? Seed-coat. Body. Coat, woody, brown, 

 thin ; 



or, on the page for pumpkin-seed you say 



Parts f Seed-coat. Body. Coat, shelly, thick, 

 limber. 



Write on all the pages of your note-book in this 

 way, and keep it at hand for reference. 



EXERCISE LV. 

 farts of the Body, or Kernel. 



WHEN you have carefully examined all the seeds 

 you planted to find the parts that make them up, you 

 will be ready to study one of these by itself. After 

 taking off the skin or coat of a seed, look closely at 

 the body of it. Begin with a well-soaked seed of 

 Indian corn. 



FIG. 252. 



Compare it with Fig. 252. 



Is your seed narrower at one end than the other ? 

 Are the two sides of it alike ? Is there a little pointed 

 or rounded figure to be seen on one side ? 



Remove the skin and look carefully at the figured 

 side of your specimen. Can you sea a thick, lumpy 

 body like the one marked a in the picture ? 



