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

 corms and viable seeds. 



These corms have been replanted and their further development will 

 be reported later. 



Because of tlu- "blind"' germination seeming to be the normiil thing 

 with A. Dracniifiinii. a brief account will l)e given. 



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The Germination of Seeds of Arissenia. 



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

 seed is two to three niillinieters wide and three to four millimeters long, 

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

 which is imbeilded the almost straight, cylindrical embryo, Fig. 1. Under 



