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from the roots to the leaves. This fibro-vascular tissue 

 serves also as the passages for the return to the roots, ears, 



Jrohi the 5'i nod& 

 . above 6round- 



30dayj 



Fig. 21. — Structure of corn plant at different stages 

 of growth: (1) Stalk one month old with leaves re- 

 moved. A, tassel; B, rudimentary buds of ears 

 and branches of wjbich only one or two develop into 

 ears; R, roots; iS', root buds — often Galled "brace 

 roots ;"<S, a branch or sucker. (2) Stalk fifty days 

 old with the leaves removed: a, the first whorl of 

 brace roots; 6, rudimentary buds; 6', the bud at 6 

 enlarged to show the rudimentary branch of the 

 bud; 6*, the ear. 



and stem of the food material that has been elaborated in 

 the leaves from the materials secured from the air and soil. 



