. Botany of the living plant. Botany. Fig. c(. Charlock {Brassica Sinapis). i. ii., seed with and without seed-coat, successive stages of germination. Natural size. thing in plants for a part to serve more than one purpose, sometimes simultaneously, sometimes successively. A third type of germination may be seen in the Castor-Oil plant (Fig. 4). The seeds are large, and covered by a mottled, brittle seed-coat, which is easily removed, disclosing the semi-transparent contents. These consist of a thin film covering the massive oily endosperm, a nutritive store which is not represented
. Botany of the living plant. Botany. Fig. c(. Charlock {Brassica Sinapis). i. ii., seed with and without seed-coat, successive stages of germination. Natural size. thing in plants for a part to serve more than one purpose, sometimes simultaneously, sometimes successively. A third type of germination may be seen in the Castor-Oil plant (Fig. 4). The seeds are large, and covered by a mottled, brittle seed-coat, which is easily removed, disclosing the semi-transparent contents. These consist of a thin film covering the massive oily endosperm, a nutritive store which is not represented in the previous examples. It can easily be split down the middle in the plane in which the seed is flattened (ii. vi.). The germ is then 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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