Annual report ..[bulletins and circulars] . Bra-zil nuts (), that are—what? Ifyou have notthought youwill say seeds,for they looklike are allseed-like bod-ies properly so called ? Where do these little fellows come from ? If you have studied the flower in general, you willremember that its important parts in view of its office of repro-duction are the staynens which produce the pollen and the pistilwith its ovary or seed-case. Within the ovary grow the smallbodies which develop into the seeds. Further, the ripened ovarywith whatever parts may consolidate with it in development,
Annual report ..[bulletins and circulars] . Bra-zil nuts (), that are—what? Ifyou have notthought youwill say seeds,for they looklike are allseed-like bod-ies properly so called ? Where do these little fellows come from ? If you have studied the flower in general, you willremember that its important parts in view of its office of repro-duction are the staynens which produce the pollen and the pistilwith its ovary or seed-case. Within the ovary grow the smallbodies which develop into the seeds. Further, the ripened ovarywith whatever parts may consolidate with it in development, andwith the matured seeds contained, is called the fruit. That is tosay, we name things in natural history not alone from appear-ance and function or office, but according to their origin anddevelopment. What then have we in the bur, seeds or fruits? You would not think of calling a pea pod a seed would you ?You know if you stop to consider that each pea is a seed, and thepod with its peas is the fruit, because developed from the mina-.
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