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MORPHOLOGY 



matar or Pea, nebu or Orange, am or Mango, 

 kantal-bichi or Jack-fruit seed. 



Examine next a grain of dhan or unhusked Rice 

 (fig. 8). Superficially, you will find that the brown 

 husk, which is easily separable into two halves, is 



f^"-'/!; :^ft.a5=-- fi '1'^, 



Sc. 



Fig. 8. -Dhan or Paddy Seed pigr. g.-Longitudinal Section of Unhusked 



(Oiy^a sativa) rj^^ Qr^;„ 



, Awned. ..Awnless. A ,.^., Empty gk,mes. ■^*-- F'°"'"!"8f g'""-'! husk, 

 palea; e.g., empty glumes; *' ^'^ ^ Palea / 



f.g., flowering glume. em, Embryo, end. Endosperm. Sc, Scutellum. 



t, Testa. 



embraced at one end by two minute white scales (e.^.), 

 both of which are adherent to the husk. Then make 

 a longitudinal section (fig. 9) of the grain. You will 

 find inside the husk, and adjacent to the white scales 

 (e.g-.) referred to above, the obliquely-placed, minute 

 embryo (em.) with the plumule, radicle, and only one 

 cotyledon, and the rest of the space within the husk 

 filled with a mealy endosperm (end.). The endo^ 



