Full-grown fruit, just before the detachment of the seedling from the tree. The long tapering plumule is inclosed in the tube of the cotyledonary body. The point of detachment of the seedling is indicated by *.
19. Rhizophora mangle
The cotyledonary body of Fig. 18.
20. Rhizophora mangle
Fruit with two seedlings in different stages of growth (given in the first plate).
21. Bruguiera Rheedii
Fruit, about four weeks after fertilisation. (The shaded portion is the calyx-tube or cup, in the midst of which rises the style.)
22. Bruguiera Rheedii
Germinating seed.
23. Bruguiera Rheedii