XIV 



ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Sling-fruits: seven examples, 



Catapult fruits: five examples, 



Fruits which creep or hop along the ground. 



Creeping and hopping fruits. 



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 843 



844 



Fruits which open upon being wetted with water, 845 

 Examples of fruits and seeds dispersed by the wind, 848 

 Fruits and seeds dispersed by the wind: Plantago 



Cretica, 849 



Fruits and seeds dispersed by the wind, 852 



Fruits and seeds dispersed by the wind : thirteen 



examples, 853 



Dispersion of fruits and seeds by the wind : ten 



examples, 854 



Fruits and seeds dispersed by the wind, 855 



Fruits and seeds dispersed by the wind (Cotton, 



&o.), - 856 



Fruits and seeds dispersed by the wind (Groundsel, 



Dandelion, &c.), 857 



Fruits and seeds dispersed by the wind, 858 



Seeds of the Orchid Vanda teres, 859 

 Dispersion of fruits and seeds by the wind 



(Thistle), 860 

 Dispersion of fruits and seeds by the wind ( Vanda, 



Tillandsia), 862 



Examples of sticky fruits, - - 870 

 Fruits which hook on to or stick into passing 



objects, 871 



Fruits furnished with hooks, 873 



Fruits with hooks, 874 



Fruits with needle-like spines, 875 



Bamboo Forest in Ceylon, - 890 



Mangrove Forest in India, - - ■ 891 



