Fig. 36 
SECOND SERIES.— BOTANY, VOL. VI. 
FRUIT OF MELOCANNA BAMBUSOIDES. 495 
PLATE 47, 
Complete embryo: col.=coleoptile (plumule); rad.=radicle ; at * ridge corresponding to the 
obliterated ovarial cavity. — (4$;.) 
. The same, seen from the side: letters as in fig. 36. (Lë. 
. The same, seen from below : letters as in fig. 36. (2x .) 
. Plumule and radicle of an embryo with the overlapping rim of the scutellum removed: e. = 
epiblastoid excrescence of the coleorrhiza ; other letters as in fig. 36. — (4 x.) 
- The same, in longitudinal section, but the embryo still enclosed in the pericarp : p-= pericarp ; 
et.=embryotegium ; col.=coleoptile ; r.—radicle. Above the plumule the central plate of 
strands, sending out diverging strands into the scutellum ; in the axil of the coleoptile a 
small fragment of the base of a bud. (4x.) 
. Embryo in the first stage of germination: scn.=neck of the scutellum; other letters as 
in fig. 36. (Lë 
. Plumule and radicle of the same embryo. (4x .) 
. The same, seen from the other side: letters as in fig. 36. (4x.) 
. Plumule seen from the inner side, radicle removed: co. — coleoptile; rad.— base of radicle. (4x.) 
. Top of the coleoptile of the same, showing the ciliolate margins. (4 x.) 
. Cross-section through a plumule and radicle: 6.=bud; I-VII-leaves of the plumule enve- 
loped by the coleoptile ; coz.— coleorrhiza ; r. 1— primary root. (16x.) 
. Cross-section through the base of the plumule and radicle : A. zs bud; co.—coleoptile; I= part 
of the first leaf of the plumule. (4x.) 
. Cross-section through the embryo near the base of the neck; strand-plate of the hypocotyl 
shaded : letters as in fig. 47. (4 X.) 
. Cross-section through the base of the neck: p.—a fragment of the pericarp ; the dots indicate 
the vascular strands going to the scutellum. — (4 x.) 
Cross-section through the narrowest part of the neck.  (4X.) 
. Longitudinal section through a germinating embryo; most of the inner leaves of the plumule 
removed, roots cut. (2x.) 
. Longitudinal section through the upper part of the axil plate of the hypocotyl; the dark 
portions indicate parenchyma containing starch. (27 x .) 
A portion of the cross-section represented in fig. 48, showing a part of the axil plate of the 
hypocotyl in tangential section; on the right-hand side furrows descending towards the 
radicle. (16 x.) 
. Procambial strands, from the axil plate, in cross-section: am. =starch containing parenchyma, 
' corresponding to the shaded parts in fig. 52. (200x .) 
. Epidermis of coleoptile with a bristle and a “ Winkelhaar (surface view). (400x.) 
. Epidermis of the neck of a germinating embryo, in longitudinal section. (400 x.) 
. Cross-section of a fruit-stalk (rhachilla), close below the valve (floral glume) : cort.=cortex ; 
mest. — mestome strands; ster.=stereome. (95x.) 
