592 Davey.— Seedling Anatomy of certain Amentiferae. 
Castanea sativa . The seed and seedling are larger and more robust 
than is the case in Qnercus ; except in one instance, where four seeds had 
and phloem corresponding to cotyledonary and plumnlar traces. The boundary line of each 
figure indicates the position of the endodermis. (Xylem, black ; phloem, white.) 
matured within a single fruit and all germinated. Their structure was similar 
to that of the larger seedlings. 
The cotyledonary petioles possess three large vascular strands which 
