Fruit, eight weeks after fertilisation. The tip of the hypocotyl is now piercing the plug.

14. Rhizophora mangle

Embryo (enlarged) shown in Fig. 13.

15. Rhizophora mangle

Fruit, ten weeks after fertilisation. The growing hypocotyl has now pierced the plug.

16. Rhizophora mangle

Embryo shown in Fig. 15.

17. Rhizophora mangle

Fruit, nearly sixteen weeks after fertilisation.

18. Rhizophora mangle