﻿Smithsonian 
  Report. 
  l943.-^ook 
  

  

  Seedlings 
  and 
  Early 
  Stages 
  of 
  the 
  Para 
  Rubber 
  Tree. 
  

  

  The 
  cotyledons 
  are 
  subterranean 
  and 
  the 
  lower 
  joints 
  of 
  the 
  trunk 
  produce 
  no 
  leaves 
  lor 
  a 
  foot 
  or 
  more 
  above 
  

   the 
  ground, 
  where 
  two 
  adjacent 
  joints 
  bear 
  leaves. 
  Larger 
  groups 
  of 
  leaf-bearing 
  trunk 
  sections 
  are 
  formed 
  

   farther 
  up, 
  with 
  leafless 
  groups 
  between. 
  

  

  