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ON SEEDLINGS 



plumule, showing a distinct midrib, but no other venation. 

 From the structure and form of the seed and embryo of the 

 other members of the Lasiopetalese they would evidently closely 

 resemble the species of Lasiopetalum in germination. 



E 



H 



FIG. 217. Sterculia foetida, x 2. A, ripe carpel or nutlet, one of five 

 forming the fruit. B, longitudinal section of same through the 

 cotyledons. C, longitudinal section in the plane of the cotyledons. 

 D, transverse section : E, endosperm ; C, cotyledon ; R, radicle ; H, 

 hilum. 



Sterculia foetida, L. (fig. 217). 



Fruit of five separate carpels, each oblong, broad and obtuse at 

 both ends, seated on the thickened receptacle, smooth, bluish-black, 



