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enough, from the centre to the base; besides the vestiges of two lateral 

 shoots with minute tubercles (radiculoda y Richard). The sheath 

 of the gemlet d, is yet closed, tapering, crooked, and tends upwards. 



Fig. 6. Fig. 7. Fig. 8. 



Fig. 6. The seed in fig. 5 more advanced. Fig. 7 and 8, the farther progress of the germination. 



The same seed sending out at the side an embryo a little more 

 advanced, whose tapering and slightly arched gemlet, a, has escaped 

 from the sheath here covered with fibres : the first radicle appears 

 equalling the side shoots in magnitude. 



The same seed in an advanced stage of vegetation, the sheath con- 

 cealed among the fibres, the gemlet stretching out an inch in length, 

 with the tip of the outer leaf slanting abruptly and pierced by the 

 summits of the inner leaf. 



Fig. 9- Fig. 10. 



Fig. 9- Another seed with the outer coat removed, after it has begun to germinate. 

 Fig. 10. The same, more advanced. 



Another nut with the fibrous covering removed so as to bring into 

 view the first radicle, a, and its sheath b, with the gemlet, c, and four 

 radical shoots, d. 



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