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MING in T. càlyculata (Fig. 1 E). After having emerged from 

 the testa the cotyledon is geniculate bent, and at a very early 

 stage a whorl of roothairs is produced at the base of the 

 young root. The later stages are not known, but they might 

 agree with those in Nartheciiim described by Buchenau. 



Fig. 8. 



A. Seedling of T. palustris at the end of the second period of vegetation. 



B. 3 — 4 years old seedling of the same species. Both from Disko, 

 Greenland. 



С Retarded inflorescence, extricated from an almost withered spec- 

 imen of T. coccinea; g. small vegetative lateral shoot. Nordre 

 Strömfjord, Greenland. (Drawn by Th. P.) 



Seedlings (Fig. 8) are easily found in nature, but it is 

 very difficult to find the very first stages because they are 

 so small. The earliest formed foliage leaves wither rapidly, 

 and the young plants pass through a period of strengthening, 

 which lasts for many years, before they attain to flowering. 



