. Botany of the living plant. Botany; Plants. 6 BOTANY OF THE LIVING PLANT 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 be 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 splitting of the Bean pod, appears as a roughly discoid body (Fig. 2). It consists of an embr
. Botany of the living plant. Botany; Plants. 6 BOTANY OF THE LIVING PLANT 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 be 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 splitting of the Bean pod, appears as a roughly discoid body (Fig. 2). It consists of an embryo 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, filling the whole space within. It consists of two large flattened Seed-Leaves, or Cotyledons, which are attached at the base, right. 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; Wardlaw, C. W. (Claude Wilson), 1901-. London, Macmillan and Co. , ltd.
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