. Elementary agriculture with practical arithmetic . A BEAN PLANT. A DICOTYLEDON. A SPLIT BEAN. E—Embryo. C—Cotyledon. A CORN PLANT, A MONOCOTYLEDON ing in the opposite direction is a tiny stem and root. This little plant is called the germ or embryo, and it is this germ which later develops into a full grown plant. The two halves of the bean serve as a storehouse for food, and are called cotyledons. If a kernel of corn is taken instead, and examined in the same way, the same kind of little plant will be found. Instead of

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