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