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[Pt. Ill, Sect. I 



it firmly ; yet, as the occurrence of seedlings in the drift shows, it is 

 often carried away by the falling tide in less sheltered spots. Uprooted 



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Fig. 218. Kandelia Rheedii. I. Young seedling still adhering to the fruit. 2. Seedling de- 

 tached with the plumule upwards. 3. Seedling after taking root ; only the base of a shoot bearing 

 several leaves. Three-quarters natural size. Drawn from nature by R. Anheisser. 



seedlings can however develop further in suitable situations, because their 

 lower part is positively geotropic and their upper part negatively so. In 



