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t-fio. 2, «, I, c, d. -Diagrammatic representations of sections across the ovule in the planes indicated in text-fig. 1. 

 a, shows the eight create outside, and the eight within, the micropyle. The cupule is omitted 



''' 't th : t bv f £ e QUCellUS ^ 0lUmn=K ! a ? d r °°^ of the Pdlen Ser) standing in the centre of the 



.I.,;.;,. , ' ,S TT "^" 1,ai,t of . the inner ^tegument. Traces of the vascular bundles of the inner 



Sssi :z!: '',-;: *:;!;:,: ^m" " utcr e,mJfimiis of thc integument is ™ retot * at tMs ievcL The section is 



"' *« Lfwttfev hav^hi I, 1 ':.""" 1 " , sti,I / s,1,l " , !'" ] '" 1 by t^ cupule, c. The vascular bundles of both integuments arc inserted 



''• h °™ » J n of , be pedicel of the ovule with the single supply bundle in the centre. Around the bundle is the base 



• ' ■ l ' : ;' • '" ™nmg between thisand the epidermis is the layer regarded as the abscission layer. This 



■■ ,', f7>' 0, " n « G 7ecr,.|„ 1 . vll , thisplane. The section is represented as including the outline of a 



/• ,,„.'■ ;;'■"' r Ulc °™ fl t0 " hOTr «* "," t"™*erse section of the ovule is again octagonal at its base. 



mad. partly from a sectaon through a fallen ovule, and therefore the cupule is omitted (cf PI. II. fig. 11) 



