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Lot No. 3. 200 seeds, 4 leaves (2 per cent), 187 (93.5 per cent.) 

 corms and viable seeds. 



These corms have been replanted and their further development will 

 be reported later. 



Because of the "blind" germination seeming to be the normal thing 

 with A. Drdciiiifiuiii. a Itrief ai-connt will be given. 



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Tlie Germination of Seeds of Arisaema. 



One to five seeds are borne in each berry of the aggregate fruit. Each 

 seed is two to three niilliuieters \\ide and three to four millimeters long, 

 and is composed of a hard testa covering a flinty gelatinous endosperm, in 

 which is lmbe<lded the almost straight, cylindrical embryo. Fig. 1. Under 



