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PHYSIOLOG Y. 



215. How the first leaf appears. As the embryo backs out 

 of the seed, it turns downward into the soil, unless the seed 

 is so lying that it pushes straight 

 downward. On the upper side of the 

 arch thus formed, in the petiole of 

 the cotyledon, a slit appears, and 

 through thi? ~pening the first leaf 

 arches its way out. The loop of the 

 petiole comes out first, and the leaf 

 later, as shown in 

 fig. 98. The petiole 

 now gradually 



Fig. 98. Fig. 99. Fig. 100. 



Seedlings of jack-in-the- Embryos of jack-in-the-pulpit Seedling of jack-in- 



pulpit, first leaf arching still attached to the endosperm in the-pulpit; section 



out of the petiole of the seed coats, and showing the simple of the endosperm 



cotyledon. first leaf. and cotyledon. 



straightens up, and as it elongates the leaf expands. 



216. The first leaf of the jack-in-the-pulpit is a simple one. 

 The first leaf of the embryo jack-in-the-pulpit is very different 

 in form from the leaves which we are accustomed to see on 

 mature plants. If we did not know that it came from the seed 



