AM) WHAT Tfir.II{ PAIITS AKi:. 



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19. Notice, also, lliat tin- calyx aii'i the corolla. oTif or l>oth, often consist of 

 sciiaralf leaves ; as they <lo in the true Lilies. Ivicii >ej>afate piece or leaf of a 

 oorolln is calletl a Pildl : ainl e;ich leaf ni- jijrce of a calyx is called a SijxiL 



20. The corolla, the stamens, ami ireneiMily the calyx, fall olV or wither .away 

 jifie;- I'l 'ssominir ; while the o\ary of the |ii>t il remains, iri ows laf;;er, an<l Imm-oiucs 



2\. The Fruit. So that the finit i> tht rij)enri| ..\ary. It may he a lieiry, a 

 >t.jnc-fi'uit, a nut, a ;,m ain. oi a |ioil. 'rhet'niit of the Lily ami also of the .Mornin;.r' 

 ( loi'V is a })oil. Ijerr is thf jiol {'.y fruit of the 

 !^loniin<,'-( Jlorv ( l''i;jr. 4, j'r. and Vxs. i,,). with 

 the calyx reinainini,' hoiieat h. ami the remains 

 of tlie hot torn of the style re>t in<,' on it> summit. 

 .\ml Fiif. 14 shows the s.ame pod, fully I'ipe .and 

 dry, nn<l splittini,' into three pieces th.at ilio 

 seeds may fall out. 'J'his jkxI h.-is three c;i\ities 

 (called ('<■/!,■<) in it ; and in each cell two jiretty l;n\<re seeils. Lily-pods h.ave threr> 

 cells, as we im»y s(M' in the o\ary in the llowev ( V\'j. 1 j ». ,ind many seeds in each. 



22. [ceds. These .are the hoi lies produced hy the ripi lied pistil. fr<tm which new 

 1 lants may sprini,'. Ilin' {Vi'j;. 15) is a seed (f 

 !Moniin;.>"-(rlory, ;i lillle eMlar,i.'ed. AI>o two seeds 

 cut throu/j:h lenijthwi.M' in t wo dilTei'en! directions, 

 and viewed with a mai:idlyinu-,:L.dass. to show wli.it 

 is inside (Fi;,'. j 6, 17;. The pait (»f the sei'd that 



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23. The Embryo, or Germ. Tiiis is a Hi tie j.lanilet 



ready formed in t In seeil. In t lie .Moiniiii,'--( dor\' it 

 is ])retty lar^'c. ;ind may reai'ily lie j^ot out wlmle 

 from a fresh seed, or fiom a dried one after so.akin;,' 

 it Well in hot water. In I'^iir. 16 it is sliown whole 

 and flatwise in the seeil. where it is a i;ood deal 

 crumpled uj) to s.ave rf)om. In Kiir. 17. merely the thickness of the emhryo is 

 seen, ed<,''ewise, in tlie seeil, .-urrntiinled l)y the pulpy matter, which is intended to 

 nourish it when it hejrins to i,tow. In Fiir. i^^. th(> embryo i.-- shown t.aken out 

 whole, .and spread out flat. In Fii,'. 19. its two little le.i\es .are separated, and wo 

 plainly see Avhat it consists of. It is .a pair of tiny lea\t's on the summit of a little 

 stem. The leaves (Fi<,'. 19, c, c) are named ,<"'/-/'«/•' ^' (tr Cotijlhhm.-i ; the littlo 

 .stem or stonld is named the IIkUi'I,', ,: 



