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PHILIPPINE AGRICULTURE 



sites, live on other living plants. Some of these do 

 great damage. The worst Philippine parasite is the 

 coffee rust. 



3. Mosses. Mosses are unimportant plants descended 

 from seaweeds. 



_ 4. Ferns. Ferns are beautiful 



I j\ i ^% plants, descended from the moss 

 I \M ^ M group. They have roots, stems, 

 v I nnl / an d leaves, but do not form 

 seeds. 



5. Seed Plants. Plants having 

 flowers and seeds are called seed 

 plants. In this group are the 

 most important plants, and al- 

 most all the cultivated plants, 

 including trees, ornamental 

 plants, and all food plants. 



Scientific Names. Each kind 

 of plant is a species, and has a 

 Latin name. This name is made of two parts a 

 genus name, and a species, or specific, name. 



A plant has a genus name, just as a person has a 

 family name, and a species name, just as a person has 

 a given name. Thus each plant in the Phaseolus genus 

 is called Phaseolus. Then, to distinguish a plant from 

 others in the same genus, a species name is added. 

 Among the plants of the Phaseolus genus, for instance, 

 are the mungo, the patani, and the white American bean. 

 They are called Phaseolus Mungo, Phaseolus lunatus, 



FlG. 3. Phaseolus vulgar is, or 

 white American bean 



