516 ON SEEDLINGS 



Stem herbaceous, succulent ; persistent part stout, developing 

 slowly. 



Leaves. Arrangement &c. as in last species ; petioles succulent, 

 flattened slightly on the upper side, convex beneath. 



Nos. 1-4. Rotund-ovate, obtuse, entire, but having marks on the 

 under side foreshadowing teeth. 



Ultimate leaves very densely arranged on the flowering stem 

 only, scattered or almost pseudo-verticillate, lanceolate or linear, 

 acute, with a median nerve, distantly serrate, horizontal, light green. 



Grammanthes gentianoides, DC. 



Hypocotyl erect, striated, glabrous, 1-2-2 cm. long, light green 

 or colourless. 



Cotyledons subrotund, thick, fleshy, entire, very shortly petiolate, 

 light green, glabrous, without any apparent venation. 



Stem erect, terete, herbaceous ; 1st internode 5-6 mm. long ; 

 2nd imperceptible at first, 



First leaves simple, entire, cauline, opposite, oblong, thick, fleshy, 

 green, glabrous, without any apparent venation. 



DROSERACE.E. 



Benth. et Hook. Gen. PL i. 661. 



Fruit and Seed. The ovary is one- to five-celled, the ovules 

 are usually very numerous, anatropous, axile or parietal, some- 

 times basal, but very rarely suspended from the apex of the 

 cavity. The raphe and micropyle vary accordingly. The 

 fruit is a capsule with as many cells as the ovary, and dehisces 

 loculicidally. The usually numerous seeds are small and albu- 

 minous, with a loose and reticulate or close-fitting testa, which 

 is sometimes covered with granular elevations as in Drosera 

 anglica, or is crustaceous, smooth, and shining. The embryo 

 is straight in the centre of a fleshy endosperm, cylindrical, 

 and about equal to the endosperm in length, with the radicle 

 sometimes projecting beyond the latter. In Drosera anglica, 

 and some other species, as well as in Dionaea muscipula, it is 

 minute, and lies at the base of the endosperm close to the 

 hilum. 



