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This covering is extremely light, and offers nothing remarkable; 100 lb. of wheat contain 1/2 lb. of it. No. 3 indicates the epicarp. This envelope is distinguished by a double row of long and pointed vessels; it is, like the first one, very light and without action; 100 lb. of wheat contain 1 lb. of it.
Epicarp, do. do. do. 1 %. 4. Endocarp, do. do. do. 1 1/2 %. 5. Testa or Episperm, do. do. do. 2 %. 6. The figure represents the longitudinal cut of a grain of wheat; it was made by taking, with the aid of the microscope and of photography, the drawing of a large quantity of fragments, which, joined together at last, produced the figure of the entire cut.
This, however, is only a fleshy outer rind epicarp which, as it ripens, opens into two equal parts, when within is seen a spherical polished nut, surrounding an aril, the mace, which is of a bright yellow colour. No fruit can then surpass it in beauty. The people who pick it use a small basket at the end of a long bamboo, into which it drops as they hook it off.
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