Contr Nat. Herb. Vol. 14. PLATE 61. 
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GERMINATION OF THE COYOL PALM (ACROCOMIA VINIFERA). 
Showing the nuts with their foramina, the very short cotyledon, and the downward growthot the 
stem of the young cotyledon to form a fleshy subterranean bulb, producing the first leaves from 
its lower end, (Natural size.) 
