Germinating fruit, about eight weeks after fertilisation.
24. Bruguiera Rheedii
Germinating fruit, about ten weeks after fertilisation. Here the growing hypocotyl, carrying the style with it, has pushed upwards the lining membrane of the floor of the calyx-tube, which has ruptured and forms a cap on its extremity.
25. Bruguiera Rheedii
Germinating fruit, thirteen or fourteen weeks after fertilisation.
26. Bruguiera Rheedii
Fruit with full-grown seedling just before its detachment from the tree.
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