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 on one side; this denotes the position of the embryo, the remainder of the seed being occupied by a store of food-material called endosperm. On cutting a grain through the middle, so as to cut through the

Fig. 4.-Young Plants. 1, 2, 3, Khewing the growth: 4, The plant out Chronigli clownwards P, Pluule: R, radicleias, adventitious route: C, cotyledon R, root- sbeath: B, upper part of cotyledon; E. endosporr

embryo, and examining with a lens, the embryo is seen to consist of:—
 * (a) a radicle at the lower end:


 * (b) plumule at the upper endi, surrounded by—


 * (c) one cotyledon which in this case is called the seutellum.