LIST OF SPECIMENS AND ILLUSTRATIONS OF COCO-DE-MKR 



LODOICEA SEYCHELLARUM LAB.) IN THE MUSEUM 



AT THE ROYAL BOTANICAL GARDENS, KEW 



1. Fruit with husk from Seychelles, présentée! by C. Button, 1883. 



2. » 31obed » » » » H. Nillet, 1891. 



3. » 4 lobed » » » » Swinburne Ward, 



1871. 



4. » 5 lobed » » » » C. Button, 1888. 



5. » 6 lobed » » » » Marquis of Ripon, 



1888. 



6. » sbewing mode of germination. 



7. » » » ii » 



8. » Model from Seychelles presented by Major General Gordon, 



1883. 



9. » 2 lobed presented by the Linnean Society. 



10. » Section containing 4 imperfect seeds, presented by Linnean 



Society, 1873. 



11. » » (longitudinal) collected by Major General Gordon 



presented by Miss Gordon. 



12. » Absorptive organ of cotylédon from a nut, about 7 years 



after germination. Royal GardensKew, 1896. 



13. » Section of nut shewing cotylédon after absorption of endos- 



perm, about 7 years after germination. 



14. •> Section (longitudinal) shewing position of the cotylédon in 



the endosperm. 



15. » Section shewing endosperm and cavity left by embryo. 



16. » Kernel or endosperm as sold in the bazaars at Bombay. 



17. Bract, Seychelles. Collected by Major General Gordon. Presented 



by Miss Gordon. 



18. Bract, Seychelles, presented by C. Button, 1884. 



19. Maie Spadix. Botanic garden Peradeniya, D r Trimen, 1893. 



20. » » Seychelles. Presented by General Gordon, 1882. 



21. Section of the base of the trunk, Seychelles, General Gordon. 



Presented by Miss Gordon, 1887. 



22. Section of the base of the trunk, Seychelles Islands. 



23. Bowl-like base of the stem. 



24. Clock-case made of the wood. Collected by General Gordon. Pre- 



sented by Miss Gordon, 1887. 



