. A popular California flora, or, Manual of botany for beginners. Containing descriptions of flowering plants growing in central California, and westward to the ocean. With illustrated introductory lessons, especially adapted to the Pacific coast. lifelessfirst stage of its existence is called— 4. The Embryo, or Gorm. This, as you haveseen, is made up of the stem, or Radicle; thethick parts called Cotyledons, and the two4eaved 7 T 1 r)7 7 mi \ i» • • 7. One cotvledou of a bean wifh bud, or riumule. ihe embryo of a pea is sim- the radicle and Lu-i plumule. to that of a bean, but the plum


. A popular California flora, or, Manual of botany for beginners. Containing descriptions of flowering plants growing in central California, and westward to the ocean. With illustrated introductory lessons, especially adapted to the Pacific coast. lifelessfirst stage of its existence is called— 4. The Embryo, or Gorm. This, as you haveseen, is made up of the stem, or Radicle; thethick parts called Cotyledons, and the two4eaved 7 T 1 r)7 7 mi \ i» • • 7. One cotvledou of a bean wifh bud, or riumule. ihe embryo of a pea is sim- the radicle and Lu-i plumule. to that of a bean, but the plumule is more oro^nIcotviSu\vit,h^decidedly a bud. Fig. 8 represents the straight sami; ^ ° *embryo of a peanut. The radicle is not bent around against the cotjde-dons as in the pea and bean, and the plumule shows two divided cotyledons of the squash are thin and the plumule is scarcely , though its seeds resemble beans, has a long radicle and a minutej)lumule. The buckej^e seems to have a long radicle, but since it splitsnearly to its point, wdiere you will find a large plumule, it is evident ^parent radicle is mostly made uj) of the cotyledon stems (x)etioles)... INTRODUCTORY LESSONS. vu 5. Albuminous Seeds. Remove the sliell-like coat of a castor bean,and carefully split it flatTuise. What at first seems to be a large plumulel^roves to be free from the rest of the kernel, and with care you may be


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