THE LIVING WORLD 

 FIG. 36. 



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PLANT (Vicid faba). 



A With root, rootlets, stem, foliage leaves, 

 and flowers. 



B A flower vertically bisected to show 

 the ovules within the pistil, beyond 

 the free-end of which the stamens 

 bend upwards, each terminating in a 

 pollen-bearing anther. External to 

 the stamens two of the petals are to 

 be seen, external to the base of whic^i 

 are two sepals of the calyx. 



