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Fig. 80. The same, front view, showing the slit in the lower part of the 



tube, nat. size. 



81. Transverse section of the half of the tube, hig-hlv rna£rnified. 



^ilea pit mil a. 



Fig. 82. A germinating plantlet. Nat. size. 



83. One of the second pair of leaves next the cotyledons. Nat. size 



PLATE XIII. 



Sabal Palmetto. 



Fig. 84. The first stage of the germination with a Icmgftudinal section, 



nat. size. 



85. The same, a little older, nat. size. 



86. A young plant, where the cotyledon has dropped, and the first 



leaves have developed, nat. size. 



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Nannorrhops Ritchieana. 



Fig. 87. A germinating plantlet in the first stage, longitudinal section, 



nat. size, 



88. The same, a little older, X ^^^^* size. 



89. An older germinating plantlet, where the plumule has commenced 



to breakthrough, nat. size. 



90. A young plant with two leaves developed, and with the fruit still 



attached, nat. size.- 



91. The same^ but older, where the primary root has ceased to grow, 



and the first secondary root has come out, nat. size. 



Attalea excels a. 



I Fig. 92. The fruft with the germinating seed, nat. size. ^ 



93. The same, longitudinal section, nat. size. 



94. A germinating plantlet, where the first leaf is visible, the fruit is 

 * still attached, nat. size* 



t 95- A young plant, where the fruit has dropped, and the fixsi final Laf 



has been developed, nat. size. 



PLATE XIV. 



Carhidovica palmata. 



Fig. 96, A germinating plantlet with the cotyledon free; two leaves are 



developed, nat. 5 X size. 

 97- The same, a little older, with the cotyledon 'enclosed in the seed, 



5 X ^^^- size. 

 98. The same still more advanced, showing the first secondary root and 



four leaves ; the seed is still attached, 5 X ^^*- ^^"^^• 

 99. A young plant, of which the primary root has stopped i 



while two secondary ones have^comeout, 5 X ^^^^ size 



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