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face to face and thin, lying in the broader plane of the seed and 

 consequently horizontal to the base of the fruit ; radicle terete, 

 suddenly narrowed to an obtuse point towards the micropyle and 

 close to the hilum, rather longer than the cotyledons. 



Seedling (fig. 429). 



Hypocotyl erect, terete, 

 soon becoming woody, 1*4 

 cm. above the soil. 



Cotyledons large, foli- 

 aceous, obovate, emargin- 

 ate, tapering to a narrow 

 subpetiolate base, and 

 clasping the stem between 

 them, about 2'5 cm. long, 

 1*2 cm. wide. 



Stem woody, erect, te- 

 rete, pubescent, afterwards 

 becoming glabrous or near- 

 ly so, bright green and 

 afterwards grey when the 

 epidermis becomes torn 

 longitudinally ; 1st inter- 

 node undeveloped ; 2nd 

 2'5 cm. long ; 3rd T3 cm. ; 

 4th 9 mm. ; 5th I'l cm. 



These lengths vary with 

 the specimen. Another 

 stem measured : 1st inter- 

 node undeveloped ; 2nd 8 

 mm. long; 3rd T6 cm.; 

 4th 1-65 cm. ; 5th 1'25 cm. 

 9th 2-5 cm. 



Leaves opposite or in whorls of three, frequently undulate, but 

 quite entire, penninerved with alternate, ascending nerves, deep 

 green above and glabrous, but scabrous at the margins and on the 

 midrib, shining, paler beneath and shining, scabrous on the nerves, 

 with a white midrib prominent on both surfaces ; petioles very short 

 and thickened at their insertion ; tufts of hairs in the axils of the 

 leaves ; stipules interpetiolar, closely clasping the stem, and forming 

 a sheath which splits somewhat irregularly on one or two sides. 

 The latter are not very conspicuous, and I see that the artist has 

 unfortunately overlooked them. 



FIG. 429. Gardenia Thunbergia. 

 Nat. size. 



6th 1-6 cm. ; 7th 2-2 cm. ; 8th 2 cm. ; 



