Notes . 
3 i 3 
cotyledons, a fact apparently first observed by Bidwell 1 . Beyond 
this peculiarity very little appears to have been known of the plant 
until quite recently. 
In May, 1899, seeds of Nuytsia were obtained from Western 
Australia and were successfully germinated at the Royal Botanic 
Garden, Edinburgh. The young plants have grown vigorously up 
to the present, and there appears every reason to hope that they will 
reach maturity under cultivation. 
Fig. 10 represents one of these seedlings about six months old. 
The most conspicuous feature is 
the three large fleshy cotyledons, 
which are persistent for a con¬ 
siderable time, and are much 
longer and wider than the numer¬ 
ous foliage leaves so far produced. 
The latter are oval in section, 
almost round, and taper gradually 
to a point. While the majority of 
the seedlings at Edinburgh show 
three cotyledons, a few possess 
four; but the fact that in the 
latter case two of the cotyledons 
are smaller and appear somewhat 
malformed, seems to indicate that 
three is the normal number. The 
root at present shows no special 
peculiarities either in external 
character or in its anatomy. 
Van Tieghem 2 has recently 
described at some length the anatomy of Nuytsia , but there are 
some abnormalities observable in the seedlings grown here and 
in material of the matured plant received in spirit from Australia, 
which appear to have been absent in his specimens, and to these 
I will direct attention. 
An unusual formation of a superficial cambium in isolated patches 
is a conspicuous feature in the preserved material obtained from 
Australia. On most of the leaves, as well as here and there on the 
1 Bidwell, Ann. Nat. Hist, viii, 439. 
2 Van Tieghem, Bull. d. 1 . Soc. Bot. d. France, 1893 and 1898. 
Fig. 10. Nuytsiaflovibunda , seedling. 
