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Zea Mays by Herbert M. Prouty, 1886
Zea Mays by Herbert M. Prouty, 1886, Page 62
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8 A longitudinal section through the grain the narrow way. 2 -- the epidermal layer - that part of the kernel which corresponds to the bran in wheat. This section was made from a swollen grain & the end which was next the cob had swollen nearly circular. The diagram represents the grain or parts inverted. b. The albuminous portion of the grain called the scutellum - this forms an envelop for the embryo. c. embryonic radical - P. I.-2-b. d. Secondary root springing from the first internode of the embryo stem. e. Embryonic plumule. f. Starch bearing portion of grain. h. Epidermal structure of scutellum. g. Remains of style.
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8 A longitudinal section through the grain the narrow way. 2 -- the epidermal layer - that part of the kernel which corresponds to the bran in wheat. This section was made from a swollen grain & the end which was next the cob had swollen nearly circular. The diagram represents the grain or parts inverted. b. The albuminous portion of the grain called the scutellum - this forms an envelop for the embryo. c. embryonic radical - P. I.-2-b. d. Secondary root springing from the first internode of the embryo stem. e. Embryonic plumule. f. Starch bearing portion of grain. h. Epidermal structure of scutellum. g. Remains of style.
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