. Botany of the living plant. Botany. 6 BOTANY OF THE LIVING PLANT a redistribution of organic material. This is an irreversible process. The seed which has once germinated cannot be restored to its original state again. It is the same with all other changes in life : the prior condition can never he exactly resumed after vital changes have Fig. 2. Common bean {Vicia Faba). i. ii., seed covered by seed-coat, iii., germ, with seed-coat, and the nearer cotyledon removed, iv. v., successive stages of germina- tion slightly reduced. The Bean-Seed, as shed by sphtting of the Bean pod, ap
. Botany of the living plant. Botany. 6 BOTANY OF THE LIVING PLANT a redistribution of organic material. This is an irreversible process. The seed which has once germinated cannot be restored to its original state again. It is the same with all other changes in life : the prior condition can never he exactly resumed after vital changes have Fig. 2. Common bean {Vicia Faba). i. ii., seed covered by seed-coat, iii., germ, with seed-coat, and the nearer cotyledon removed, iv. v., successive stages of germina- tion slightly reduced. The Bean-Seed, as shed by sphtting of the Bean pod, appears as a roughly discoid body (Fig. 2). It consists of an emhryo or germ, protected by an external Seed-Coat. On its edge, close to a slight involution of the margin, is an elongated scar, the hilum, marking the point of attachment to the parent plant. If the tough brown Seed-Coat be dissected off, the Germ or Embryo will be disclosed,. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Bower, F. O. (Frederick Orpen), 1855-1948. London, Macmillan
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