Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Union of South Africa

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Combretum erythrophyllum, Burch.
K. A. LANSDELL, Division of Botany, Pretoria.
Plate II. Fig. 1. – Fruiting Branch. Fig. 2. – Cross-section of fruit showing the folded cotyledons. Fig. 3. – Embryo removed from the fruit showing the two folded cotyledons and the cylindric radicle. Fig. 4 – A stage in germination. Fig. 5. – Seedling showing a surface view of the cotyledons. Fig. 6. – Seedling showing a side view of cotyledons and plumule.
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Title: Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Union of South Africa
Year: 1920 (1920s)
Authors: South Africa. Dept. of Agriculture
Subjects: Agriculture Agriculture -- South Africa
Publisher: Pretoria, Govt. Print. and Stationery Off.
Contributing Library: The LuEsther T Mertz Library, the New York Botanical Garden
Digitizing Sponsor: The LuEsther T Mertz Library, the New York Botanical Garden

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Plate I. Combretum Erythrophyllum, Burch. (FLOWERINO BRANCH.) K. A. LANSDELL, Division of Botany,Pretoria. 836 Journal of the Department of Agriculture.
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Combretum Erythrophyllum, Burch. K. A. Laxsdell, Division of Botany, Pretoria. Plate II. Fig. 1.—Fruiting Branch. FiCi. 2.—Cross-section of fruit showing thefolded cotyledons. Fia. 3.—-Embryo removed from the fruit showing the twofolded cotyledons and the cylindric.radicle. Fig. 4.—A stage in germination.Fig. 5.—Seedling showing a surface view of the cotyledons. Fig. 6.—Seedling:showing a side view of cotyledons and plumule. A South African Gum. 837 Witli ten parts of cold water the gum formed a pale-colouredjelly, wluch was fairly clean and transparent and practically withoutodour or taste. On heating with water, the gum readily dissolvedand furnished a permanent homog-eneous solution. A 10 per cent,solution obtained in this way was, after filtration from insolublematter, a brownish, slightly cloudy liquid with a viscosity of 83.T, as•compared with 1 for water and 7.0 for a 10 per cent, solution ofGum Acacia made under the same conditions. The solution possessedfair adh

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