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G E N E R A .
TAB. X I.
The parts of the fruit of V A N I L L A PLAXIFOLIA ; from a sketch
by Mr. Bauer in 1807.
1 A ripe seed-pod of Vanilla planifolia; natural size.
2. Transverse section of the same pod ; magnified 6 diameters.
3. Longitudinal section of a portion of the same; magnified 6 diameters.
4. Longitudinal section of one lobe of the placenta; magnified 25 diameters.
5. Several seeds : at aaa perfect ripe seeds ; at A an unripe seed; at c
an abortive seed; and at d the outer shell is bruised, to bring the
nucleus in sight, the seed being too small for dissection; magnified
200 diameters.
