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10. Transverse of do. 
Il. Ovulum under slight pressure. 
12. Disposition of two of the ovules of a cell. 
.44. Seed. 
15. Hilum, face of do. the dots are the impressions of the 
barren ovula. 
16. Long section of seed, a outer coat of two layers, one 
hard and bony, the other cellular coriaceous and vas- 
cular, 6 excéedingly fine envelope to the seed, c coty- 
ledons, d radicle. 
7. Half an embryo, i. e. one cotyledon removed intended 
to shew the auriculation of the cotyledons. 
18. Do. part of cotyledons separated, these are unequal at 
.. the base and one is subcucullate. 
This drawing was made while making a comparison be- 
tween the Assam and China Tea plants, and was taken from 
living plants in the Pringitt garden. 
— The disposition of the placentze and ovula are curious, 
the former are confined to the middle of each cell, being 
produced outwards into the centre of the cell, ‘and bearing. 
on its apex two ovules; the upper one erect, and lower pen- 
dulous. The raphe of both ovula is on that side of the ovulum 
hext the parietes of the cell. 
. The result when both ovula are matured, is that two ana- 
. opous seeds of which one is erect and pendulous, have the 
| .. Tadicles pointing exactly towards each other. 
| um BS. Tbe Chinese plants cultivated in Assam, preserve most 
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13. Fruit, rarely so perfect as this. 
pe Of these characters, especially the coriaceous, scarcely acumi- 
= Rate leaves, and pubescent ovary, and non-dilated stigmatic 
: 8 They tend to pass into the Assam one in elongation, smooth 
‘Sut ciliate sepals and length of style. 
, the Chusan specimens have the dwarf habit, but the 
* àre not more coriaceous than those of the Assam spe- 
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