SEEDS. 



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PLATE LIX. 



PIG. 69. Powdered Nutmeg (x 240). 



a, Starch grains ; the rounded ones are simple, but the angular are the isolated 



components of compound grains. 

 a', Compound starch grains. 



aa, Agglomerations of simple and compound grains. 

 alb, Cells of endosperm. 

 cpa, Brown cells in endosperm. 

 cr, Crystalloid. 



fa, Brown ruminations in endosperm (infoldings of perisperm) 

 ffv, Fragments of fibro-vascular bundles. 

 go, Oil-cells, very abundant in brown ruminations, 

 te, Outer layer of perisperm. 

 ti, Inner layer of perisperm, surface view. 

 t'i', The same, in profile. 



T, Outer and inner layers of perisperm adhering together. 

 tr, Vessels, etc. 



