this is silent footage from "Seeds: How They Germinate," produced by Coronet Films in 1971, is an 11-minute educational piece that explores the classification, structure, and protection of seeds ...

Distinguishing monocots from dicots Examine the leaf vein structure. Veins on monocots either run down the entire length of the leaf or run parallel away from the mid-rib.

Sherwin Carlquist, Monocot Xylem Revisited: New Information, New Paradigms, Botanical Review, Vol. 78, No. 2 (1 June 2012), pp. 87-153 ...