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ECCREMOCARPUS OR CALAMPELIS SEED. 



This winged seed is a splendid object for the polariscope. 

 The Eccremocarpus, a beautiful creeper, with large bright- 

 coloured, trumpet-shaped flowers, is a native of the tropics. 



SEED OF CENTAUREA CYANUS. 



The section of the seed of this plant is an excellent object 

 for the binocular. It is common in corn-fields, with small 

 purple florets of the disk, and large bright-blue florets of 

 the ray. Named from the centaur Chiron, who was said to 

 have cured himself of a wound in the foot with the leaves of 

 this plant. 



