Hfeßcelmaier 

 Ree. July 31 

 Ans. Feb Ä 10,l8?8 



Tubingen July 12,1876* 



* the 6 coiil d just as well^ 

 be an & ? E.D.. 



Most H-onored Priend 



I should have thanked you weeks ago for the happily reeei- 

 ved Erlginea fruit s »who'be procurement~ brought you some trouble. 

 The examination, raade shortly after receipt , resulted however in 

 remarkable results, not quite, as I had imagined a priori (in to- 

 to that is as a pseudomonorotil formation of the erabryo^ similar 

 as witfch \ 06 Felbrlastanum> but almost even stranger,. E ven the 

 ripest of the fruits£fchat is , those most likely gathered fron the 

 ground)) show the embryo undeveloped in the highest degree,OFrly past 

 the first stages of the proembryo - formatiorr progressed ,and for 



that reason not to be found without difficulty in the^tissue for- 

 ming endosperra, and only in the rainority of the sseds-. There are 

 formations of this kind:: 



see drawings on original letter 



The f ollowing development must be passed througfr after the 

 self-sowing of the seeds. . 



Similar things occur with different phanerogames, specialis 

 certain Z 06 t but of Umbelif erae one does not know thenr. 



I hbpe to get a small series of such erabryonic studies ready for pub- 



Will Georg believe, that we have this suniraer over 6 f 000' stu- 

 dents ('of course.not specially many in medicine.raore in Law ancF 

 Theology) iand that next year the university will 1 celebrate its 

 400th anniversary, and fiorures on a large increase ? Later, the 

 reaction will probably not failt Fot his friendly lines ray best 

 thanks. All are well! and send their greetings. As always in grate- 

 ful \ devoteness', Your F. Hegelraaie:r 



(translated from German script by E . Denison, April 1989)) 



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