SSI DESCRIPTION OF THE PLATES. 



Fig. 



2. Cubepa scandens, with its stem, cots'ledons, and primordial leaves. 



3, 3*, and 3**. TroptEolum peregrinum, with its radicle; 3. the seed containing 



the cotyledons ; 3**. the seed beginning to open at the base ; 3* the cotyle- 

 dons are seen, their covering being removed. 



PLATE XXIII. 



Germinations. 



Fig. 



1. A species of Bombax. 



2. Quercus Suber. 



3. Cactus Melncactus. 



THE END. 



