. Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. Figs. 5 and 6, Shorea leprosula the root being placed in the earth. A glance at figure -I shows than any impression of the placentaswill be on the lower surface of the inner cotyledon only, but thatimpressions of the radicle may be on the lobes of both. In figure5 the impression of the placentas is seen crossing the lobes of theinner cotyledon: and in figure 8 the impression of the radicle maybe observed. Fig. 7. Shorea leprosula, reduced toJ, at the expanding of the first leaves,. Figure 6 shows that the outer cotyledon retains mor

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. Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. Figs. 5 and 6, Shorea leprosula the root being placed in the earth. A glance at figure -I shows than any impression of the placentaswill be on the lower surface of the inner cotyledon only, but thatimpressions of the radicle may be on the lobes of both. In figure5 the impression of the placentas is seen crossing the lobes of theinner cotyledon: and in figure 8 the impression of the radicle maybe observed. Fig. 7. Shorea leprosula, reduced toJ, at the expanding of the first leaves,. Figure 6 shows that the outer cotyledon retains more of itshumped shape than. does the inner cotyledon: and it is thestraightening of the inner cotyledon which more than anythingelse appears to burst the fruit wall,—an interesting slight differen-tiation of function. R. A. Soc, No. 76, 1917. 164 NOTES ON DIPTEKOCAEPS. Fig. 8. The cotyledonof Shorea leprosula fromabove, x 1\,

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