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SUBDIVISION II. — ANGIOSPERM42 OR ANGIOSPERMS 
(Plants with covered seeds) 
Class A. — Monocotyledone^e 
A class of Angiosperms characterized by the following peculi- 
arities: 
Fig. 118. — Morphology of the typical monocotyledonous plant. A, leaf, 
parallel- veined; B, portion of stem, showing irregular distribution of vascular 
bundles; C, ground plan of flower (the parts in 3’s) ; D, top view of flower; E, seed, 
showing monocotyledonous embryo. (Gager.) 
One cotyledon or seed leaf in the embryo. 
Stems endogenous with closed collateral or concentric fibro-vascu- 
lar bundles, which are scattered. 
Leaves generally parallel veined. 
