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EXPLANATION of the PLATES. 



Tab. 1. fig. 1. Anatomy ot' wood, after 

 Mirbel. Seep. 14. f. 2. Embryo of P/- 

 nus Cembra^ shown in a section of the 

 seed, then separate, and magnified, from 

 Mr. Lambert's work. See p. 98, 287 — 

 289- f- 3. Seedling plant of the Dom- 

 hey a, or Norfolk Island Pine, with its 4 co- 

 tyledons, and young leafy branches, of the 

 natural size, j?. 98. /*. 4. A garden bean, 

 Vicia Faba, laid open, showing its 2 co- 

 tyledons, p. 96 ; f the radicle, or young 

 root, p. 94 ; g the germ or corculum,p. 96. 

 Above is a bean which has made some pro- 

 gress in vegetation, showing the descend- 

 ing root, the ascending plumida, p. QJ, 

 and the skin of the seed bursting irregu- 

 larly, p. 295. 



Tab. 2. Roots. f. 5. Fibrous, in Grass, 

 p. 105. /. 6. Creeping, Mint, p. IO6, 

 f. 7. Spindle-shaped, Radish, accompanied 

 by its cotyledons and young leaves,^. 107- 



