Contr Nat. Herb. Vol. 14. 



Plate 61 



Germination of the Coyol Palm (Acrocomia vinifera). 



Showing the nuts with their foramina, the very short cotyledon, and the downward growth of the 

 stem of the young cotyledon to form a fleshy subterranean bulb, producing the first leaves from 

 its lower end. (Natural size.) 



