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senting 12 tribes, demonstrated the presence of the rudi- 

 mentary cotyledon (epiblast) in 29 of the genera, repre- 



FiG. 106. — Diagram of longitudinal sections of grass-embryos (Gram- 

 ineas) to illustrate the rudimentary cotyledon {epiblast). A-C, E-G, 

 redrawn from J. M. Coulter, after Bruns; D, from nature. A, Zizania 

 acflatica; B, Leersia clandestina; C, Leptochloa arabica; D, Triticum vtd- 

 gare; E, Spartina cynosuroides; F, Trilicum vulgare; G, Zea Mays; 

 i, scutellum; c, coleoptile; ii, epiblast. 



senting nine tribes; later studies by Van Tieghem (1897) 

 disclosed the presence of an epiblast in 61 out of 91 genera 

 examined. From these figures we may reasonably infer 



