elxxx Proceedings of the Asiatic Soc. of Bengal. [N.S.. XVI. 
apex. Their longer axes were not parallel with the axis of the pro- 
chalice but were rather oblique. 
No. was in reality a transitional case between No. 2 and a 
aormal prot Sith allus. In this case Feti re were three archegonia, two dis- 
posed laterally and one at the ap 
On a peculiar mode of gereaination “~ a seed in Eugenia 
jambolana nk.—By N. K. Trwa 
During the rainy season of rere some tiers of ies leben ana, 
Lamk, were noticed in the process of germ on, and on ex pion 
it was peed that in havea cases there was a ® departure from Che: normal! 
type o as teens jee ae in oy a sce seeds, several seedlings 
being produced, in so 
The seeds are eaabiy oval = ie aplidle shaped, and vary much in 
length. They have a smooth te and aree aeatouihicniie. Some have 
embryos of the normal Merviadeands type. but others have a number 
of embryos ench with a pair of cotyledons. The size, shape and arrange- 
ment of the cotyledons varies within very wide limits. 
e germination takes place in abundant moisture, the testa crack- 
ing irregularly, followed hy the oe ee st bry radicle and the 
umule. Th n i 
tino 
others. In a e awakening of the last embryo did not 
begin until the tat 50 alle was far advanced, having already produced 
a number of 
tailed study i is Sieg ae on the following lines :— 
(1) The relation of the embryos to the contents of the embryo-sac. 
(2) Early stapes of fariilicsttor and the daveloptaaat of the differ- 
ent embr 
(3) The relation of the different embryos to each other. 
An instance of a short-cut to the nectary of a flower by a 
Madras bird. —By M.O. Parruasaratuy Iyenaar. 
unbird ph eterroimee chr lotenia) generally visits ao ers in Madras 
for iy pas h in them; and in the process f sucking out the 
honey, naturally brings ‘about ernsmatitiont’ case, V 
Q indica, its visits are not beneficial to the flower. The hone. 
in this flower is stored in the long calyx tu ak of the bird is 
not long a to reach the honey in the ' calyx tube. So its — 
cuts a hole in the lower part of the calyx tube from the outside and 
sucks out a honey 
Note on a_ bulbiferous be gst i from Malabar.—Bby 
M. O. Parruasaratuy Ivx 
The paper descri vs a coconut tree sea which does not bear 
fruits nor flowers, but in the Sylaee of the inflorescences Lede rosa 
lived leafy shoots (bulbilsy These branches grow for and 
ultimately drop off. (A similar case has been described ome Ridley Pivot 
ins 
Attempts were made by the author to grow these bulbils in the 
ground but Pt a = 
careful e ination of such bulbils throws some light on the 
morphology of the peo the of the coconut inflorescence gi appears to 
be the basal portion of an ord eons eoconut-leaf which, owing to the 
change in its fanetion » viz, protection of the inflorescence ieialile. has be- 
come scaly and has not developed ite. upper leafy port 
