318 THE PARTS OF A SEED-PLANT 



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^,:,.—F\ax Germination. A, seed, cut vertically to show 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 begmnmg to sprout; the seed- 



