328 The Botanical Gazette. [August,, 
maintains that the endosperm in this plant is consumed by. 3 
the cotyledons. ei 
Bruguiera. The central portion is expanded and | Bev 
the heavy embryo from slipping down, while the petiolar 
sal part, which projects from the pericarp like a collar or crown : 
serves as a protective sheath for the plumule. ler 
Finally, G. Karsten® has made very serviceable studies : 
the germination of the mangroves. s 
Haberlandt’s observations have been confined pri 
to three species: 
septa occurs. From the widely open mictopy a 
true endosperm tissue in the form of a collar or ar 
in width. This, however, is not reflexed as 15 3 Dal 
Case in this genus and does not surround the — : 
intercalated between the calyx and the uppermost 
URS ORS ag atin stants dear 
Die indomalayische Strandflora, 42 ff. Jenat8or. *; Bib! 
“Ueber die Mangrove-Vegetation im Malayischen Archipel. 
tanica 22:—1891. ; 
