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LECTURE XX ir. 



accordingly, now developed further in the Hght. The whole of the part C, up to 

 the 7th of October, was about 95 cm. long, and possessed eight fine green leaves ; 

 all the organs, flowers, tendrils, etc. being normal in structure. In the meantime, 

 however, from a small flower-bud which had been conducted into the box with the 



. Gourd plant, the main shoot of which was t'lrst developed in the dark space, 

 and subsequently again led to the exterior above (cf. the text). 



rest on the 251h of July, a Gourd fruit had been formed by the artificial impregna- 

 tion of the flower subsequently developed : on the 8th of October this fruit possessed 

 a circumference of 59 cm., and weighed about 3 kilograms, and contained 195 

 seeds, a third of which were shown to be capable of germination. It is evident that 

 all the substances which had served for the construction of the organs in the dark 



