Excerpt from A Contribution to Our Knowledge of Seedlings, Vol. 2 of 2 Primary root slender, with comparatively strong adventitious lateral roots near the upper end at a very early stage. Hypocotyl very short or undeveloped, or suddenly tapered to a blunt point and giving off adventitious roots. Cotyledons very small, rotund, obtuse, very shortly petiolate, glabrous, light green, with a slender midrib but no other discernible venation; lamina 1 mm. In diameter petiole dilated and slightly connate at the base, about Degrees5 mm. Long above the connate part. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.