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ON SEEDLINGS 



and pericarp at the latter place finally give way and the cotyledons 

 are drawn out. 



Galium saccharatum, All. (fig. 441). 



Fruit deeply bilobed, almost separated into two pieces, two- 



FIG. 439. Galium Aparine. A, longitudinal section of seed, x 8: 

 m, micropyle ; t, testa ; pc, pericarp ; e, embryo ; p, endosperm. 

 B, transverse section, x 8. 



FIG. 440. Galium Aparine, x 2. A, young seedling. B, the same, a few 

 days older. , (Bleached to show venation.) 



celled, two-seeded, indehiscent ; pericarp densely covered with corky 

 tubercles. 



Seed adhering to the pericarp, convex on the back, deeply 



