(Natural size. Drawn for convenience of description in the erect position.)
1. Rhizophora mucronata
Fruit 31⁄3 lines (8-9 mm.) high, six to seven weeks after fertilisation. The micropyle is but slightly dilated, and is occupied by a small plug of endosperm.
2. Rhizophora mucronata
Seed of fruit represented in Fig. 1.
3. Rhizophora mucronata
Fruit 5 lines (12 mm.) high, eight to nine weeks after fertilisation. Germination is about to begin. A large plug of endosperm now protrudes through the dilated micropyle, but still covers the lengthening hypocotyl.
4. Rhizophora mucronata
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Seed of fruit represented in Fig. 3. In Fig. 4 the plug of endosperm is shown on the upper end of the seed; whilst in Fig. 5 it has been removed, exposing the tip of the hypocotyl.
6. Rhizophora mucronata