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FLOWER-LAND. 



ORGANS OF REPRODUCTION. 



CHAPTER XX. 



FLOWERS CALYX, CORROLLA, AND STAMENS. 



NOW can you tell 

 me what parts of 

 a plant are called 

 the organs of nu- 

 trition ? Quite 

 right. The stem, 

 the root, and the 

 leaves. They are 

 the parts by 

 which a plant is 

 nourished, lives, 

 and grows. We 

 will pass on then 

 to the organs of 

 reproduction, the 

 flower and fruit ; 

 those parts which 

 have to do with 

 the formation and 

 protection of the 



Fig. 86. Flowering Rush (Butoums vm- 



bellatus}. Showing scape, involucral bracts, 



and linear leaves. 



