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SYNOPSIS OP ORGANS OF PLANTS. 
Organs of nu- 
trition, or parts 
necessary to 
the growth of 
the plant. 
THE ROOT. 
THE STEM. 
THE BCD. 
THE LEAF. 
APPENDAGES. 
caudex, 
radicles , 
branches , 
petioles , 
peduncle , 
scales, 
leafets, 
stipules, 
prickles, 
thorns, 
glands, 
<J stings, 
scales, 
tendrils, 
pubescence, 
_ bracts , 
Organs of 
reproduction, 
or parts of 
fructification. 
THE FLOWER. )• 
calyx divisions are called leaves. 
corolla divisions are called petals. 
nectary $ some t tries a part oft he corolla , 
( sometimes a separate organ , 
<1 filament. 
stamen v ’ , 
( anther , — pollen 
C stigma, 
pistil < style, 
* ovary or germ. 
THE FRUIT. 
f Containing all parts of 
the fruit which are not 
the seed, 
pericarp cells } 
valves, 
dissepiments , 
L columella. 
' hilum, 
albumen, 
< seed cotyledons, 
| embryo . — $ radicle. 
\ plume. 
Synopsis of the organs of plants — 
