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A grain of Wheat taken up 17th April, 1833, 

 which was gown the 18th Jan., just form 

 ing its two first coronal roots. 



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li inch long. 



I Fig. 2I.-Exact in dimensions after Nature. I. Le Couteur, leth April, IS.'B.] 

 Fig. 21.— A grain of wheat after sixty days growth, just formino- its imnpr sPt «, « i 

 roots. This was sown about three inches de%p, thuL^the plaringreendVawnT^^^ 

 nature, and being exact m dimensions, show its process. A, the crown of the 2Z\ 

 nmgjo tiller; B, two coronal roots, an inch below the surface Cn^lnf^ P'^"' .''e?'" 

 to |elbed, one inch an.l « h-An.Jrr ^ '"''^^^' ^' P'P« °*^ Communication 





, one inch and a half Jong. 



