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side of the midrib one or two subopposite or alternate nerves, and 

 faintly emarginate at the apex. 



Ultimately they are obovate-spathulate, shallowly emarginate, 

 petiolate, fleshy, glabrous, with a distinct midrib, and a few alter- 

 nate, ascending nerves, best seen on the under surface. Hypocotyl 

 glabrous. 



Scabiosa Gramuntia (fig. 453). 



The radicle makes its exit at the 

 upper end of the fruit, and then gene- 

 rally pierces the lamina of the involu- 

 cel, fixing it to the soil by the thicken- 

 ing at the base of the hypocotyl, 

 which then pulls the cotyledons out 

 (fig. 453). 



These, as soon as they have made 

 their exit from the fruit and spread 

 out to the light, are narrowly oblong, 

 obtuse, entire, sessile, glabrous, nar- 

 rowed to the base, pale green, with 



FIG. 452. Scabiosa palcEStina, x 2. 

 Germination. 



FIG. 453. Scabiosa Gramuntia, x 4. 

 Germination. 



an evident midrib, and about two alternate, incurved, indistinct 

 nerves on each side. 



S. atropurpurea, Wulf. 



Germination and Seedling (fig. 454, D). 



The sides of the involucel are moderately thick, but the middle 



