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BOTANY FOR BEGINNERS 



CHAP. 



The stock, or any ordinary plant will do for this experiment. 



The body of the wallflower is built up of the same members as 

 are found in an oak tree (Fig. 4), a potato, or many other plants. 



The Parts Present 

 in a Seed. Most flower- 

 ing plants are produced 

 from seeds, and at this 

 point it will be well to 

 consider the structure of 

 seeds. The same parts 

 can be found in a seed as 

 have been recognised in 

 the wallflower, along with 

 other parts which belong 

 to the parent plant. 

 The Structure of a 



FIG. 3. Stem and leaf; showing axil. Bean. 



EXPT. 2. Soak a , few 



Scarlet Runner beans in water for twenty-four hours, and examine one 

 of them. Note 



(i) The bean is kidney-shaped, and along one side is a dark scar the 

 hilum -where the seed was attached to its stalk. 



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FIG. 4. Oak Tree. 



(ii) The small hole near the hilum the micTQpyle. It can be seen 

 best by wiping the seed and gently squeezing it, when water will ooze out. 



