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having thick exterior walls; the lateral walls are thinner. 

 Cells below not so compactly arranged as the epidermal. AU 

 of the cells contain fat and protein but no starch. 



Lespedeza Stuvei, Nutt. 



PL XV. f. 3b. PL XVI. f. 5. 



Testa and endosperm 116-132 /a thick. Light line occurs 

 close under the cuticle. Malpighian and osteosclerid cells 

 contain an abundance of pigment and tannin ; the latter are 

 greatly elongated in the hilar region. Endosperm more 

 strongly developed than in L. reticulata. The reserve cellulose 

 gelatinizes readily on the addition of water. The internal layer 

 consists of thick-walled elongated cells with a narrow lumen. 

 Cells of embryo as in other species. Contains fat and protein 

 but no starch. 



Lespedeza capitata, Michx. 



PI. XVI. f. 4. 



Testa and endosperm 90-100 jx thick. Light line occurs 

 close under the cuticle. A large spherical chromatophore 

 occurs in thepigmented Malpighian cells, which is variable as to 

 its position in the cell. The long pores extend to the middle 

 of the cell. The osteosclerids are short. The nutrient layer 

 is compressed, containing much pigment. Endosperm as in 

 L. Stuvei; the aleurone cells are thick-walled, and the reserve 

 cellulose is mucilaginous. Embryo as in the other species, 

 containing fat and protein but no starch. 



Stylosanthes, Sw. 



Schleiden and Vogel were unable to determine whether 

 endosperm occurred in the genus. It is present though much 

 reduced. 



Stylosanthes elatior, Swartz. {S. bijlora, L., BSP.) 



PL XXII. f. l-lc. 



Thin testa and endosperm 50-65 /* thick. 



Malpighian. Cells 14 /^ long, and 8-9 /x in width. Cuticle 

 thin and even ; a narrow cuticularized layer under the cuticle, 

 and below it the narrow light line; cells with a rather large 

 ceU-cavity and containing considerable tannin. Pore-canals 



