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7. Seeds and Cone. 'Examine a mature cone. Remove some of the 

 seeds and examine. 



8. Study Seedlings. Plant some of the seeds and note characters of 

 the seedlings* 



9. Greenhouse Gymnosperms. Visit the greenhouse and ask to 

 see a Cycas revoluta. 



QUESTIONS 



1. What do you understand by Gymnosperms f 



2. Compare the leaf of a* Gymnosperm with that of an Angiosperm. 



3. What do you understand by deciduous? 



4. Are any of the Gymnosperms deciduous? 



5. Have you seen any of these in the winter condition? 



6. Name the parts of the staminate and pistillate cones of a con- 

 iferous tree. 



7. Compare these parts with the corresponding parts of a true flow- 

 ering plant. 



