Part III] 
Rajia Rao : Notes oyi Sandal. 
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Fig. 2 — A young seedling with loop just becoming erect and 
taproot much longer and better developed. 
aaa secondary rootlets just forming with the 
charaiteristic reddish-brown tips — a pebble 
was attached to the rootlet on the right side 
of the lowest a, hut it dropped off on mov- 
ing with a pin. 
li a haustorium. 
The cotyledons and plumule which had been still 
enclosed in the seed-shell drojiped off. 
Fig. 3 — A seedling about 2 months old. 
Secondary roots and rootlets are well formed. 
c remains of the petioles of cotyledons. 
lihli haustoria. 
Plate II. — Specimens of germinating sandal seedlings picked up 
at Denkanikotta along with those in Plate I. 
Figs. 1 and 2 — Illustrate emergence of the growing point 
(plumule) from the seed-cover, while the latter 
still encloses the cotyledonary leaves whose 
petioles have partly emerged out of it. Note the 
3 cotyledons in specimen No. 2 — not an un- 
common occurrence in sandal. 
Fig. 3 — Shows the stage at which the seed-cover has just 
dropped off. In all the specimens cc indi- 
cate the cotyledons and jjjjp the plumule 
(growing terminal bud). 
Plate III. — Specimens of 4 sandal seedlings grown pure (unmixed 
with other species), in the nursery at Diguvametta between June 1 W06 
and June 1907. All the seedlings illustrate scanty development of 
roots and rootlets, and stunted aud unhealthy growth of leaves, and 
hence early decay resulting in their gradual inanition and death is 
indicated. Examination with a lens shows a few attachments to 
foreign rootlets Jr. of weeds and minute haustoria formed on the 
sandal roots themselves h. 
Plate IF. — Specimens of 2 sandal seedlings A and C 4 months 
and 4 days old, and of a weed ( B) which was growing with one of 
them {A) : these illustrate the abundant development of fine thread- 
like roots and rootlets from the sandal roots and their pointed 
