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PHILIPPINE AGRICULTURE 



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seed, or ovule 



ovary 



Reproductive Parts. A plant has also reproductive 

 parts, whose work is the production of young plants. 

 These reproductive parts are the flowers, fruits, and 



seeds. One of the parts 

 .style of a perfect flower is the 

 ovary. The ovary contains 

 .stamen ovules, and each ovule con- 

 - petal tains an egg, which can 

 .sepal grow into a plant like its 

 parent. When the egg has 

 grown for a little while, 



FIG. 8. Parts of a flower J ts growt h CCaSCS, and the 



coats of the ovule harden around it ; we then have a 

 seed. While the ovules are thus changing into seeds, 

 the ovary surrounding them develops into a fruit. 



Find the ovules in the flower on patani, and show by a series of 

 young fruits that these ovules become the seeds. Draw the different 

 stages. 



Name fifteen cultivated plants, and tell for what each is useful. 



Name three plants cultivated for their roots ; three cultivated for 

 their stems ; three, for their leaves ; three, for their fruits ; three, for 

 their seeds. 



What parts of the pineapple plant are valuable? For what are they 

 valuable ? What parts of the coconut tree are useful ? 



What do you think is the most important Philippine plant ? 



Name two Philippine medicinal plants, and give their uses. 



