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disposition of the fir-leaveSj bud-scales being only an imperfect 

 development of leaves. 



In the germinating seed of Drosera, as shown magnified in 

 Le Maout and Decaisne's " Sjst. of Bot.," p. 406, the cotyledons 

 occupy the morphological position of either bud- scales or stipules. 

 We have here almost a copy of the Marattia leaf-bud, the 

 Drosera imitating it even in the circinate vernation of the 

 leaf. Fig. 70 is an outline of it. 



Fig. 70. Drosera, germinating seed (mag.). 



