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addition to the authorities already cited, the I'eader 

 may refer to the following among many others : 



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Prolification of the embryo. This term was applied by 

 Moquin-Tandon to a peculiar condition of the almond 

 (Amygdalus), in which, indeed, it is not of unfrequent 

 occurrence. In these cases one almond encloses within 

 its cotyledons a second embryo, and this, again, in 

 some instances, a third, the little plants being thus 

 packed Uke so many boxes one within the other. The 

 supplementary embryos are, in the ripe state at least, 

 quite separate and detached one from another. These 

 cases differ from the ordinary instances wherein there 

 is an increased number of embryos in one seed in their 



' I have not been able to meet with this, but it is said to contain a 

 paper on prolification, with numerous bibliographical references. 



