14:6 THE FIRST BOOK OF BOTANY. 



Try, with a dull knife or the finger-nail, to pry 

 this lump out of its bed. If the seed is soaked to its 

 centre, you can easily do this. Look carefully at the 

 hole it leaves. Is not its surface smooth ? Do you 

 see any spot where the lump seems to have been 

 grown to the other part, and to have broken away 

 when you took it out ? 



Compare the parts you have got with Fig. 253. 



FI&. 253. 



Embryo. 



EM'BKYO. The young plant contained in a seed. 

 ALBU'MEN, EN'DOSPERM. The material in which 

 the embryo is embedded. 



"What names are given to the two parts of the 

 body of a seed of Indian corn ? 



"Which is the embryo in your specimen ? Which 

 is the albumen ? 



Now examine the kernel of a pea or bean. Can 

 you separate this into two parts without breaking it 

 somewhere ? 



Compare it with Fig. 254. 



FIG. 254. 



Embryo. 



