378 Alfred J. Eivart : Flora of Australia. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE XVIII. 



Cassytha melantha. 



a, b, c, d, e, f, stages in germination. 



g, plant forming first parasitic attachment. 



h, plant with apex killed from beneath first scale leaf. 



i, apex of stem absorbing endosperm. 



j, apex of stem about to escape from seed. 



k and 1, first and second scale leaves. 



m, shoot developing in first scale leaf after removal of apex of 



stem, 

 n, decapitated stem, forming new shoots. 



