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The following is a sketch 



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After another and similar interval a plant was taken, 

 the seed of which had been potted 

 apex upwards. The plumule, includ- 

 ing the leaves, was 5-inches high, and 

 the radicle (extended) 10|-inches in 

 length ; the latter, as may be seen, 

 had had to execute a curve to make 

 its way downwards. 



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