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THE PARTS OF A SEED-PLANT 





Vm. 27'.(-— Flax Gcnuiriation. A, weed, cut vertically to show the sced- 

 '■oat (c), seed-food (f), embryo (e), with its seed-leaves (I), seed-bud (b), 

 seed-stem (s) and seed-root (r). B, seed beginning to sprout; the seed- 



