fruit ripens, a dense, firm, transparent pulp is developed from all the inner surface of the fruit, supplied 
with vessels from the carpel; this pulp closely invests the seeds, but does not form an organic adhesion 
with them, and a cavity is also left in the axis of the carpel. 
The fruit of an allied and abundant Himalayan plant is also eaten in Sikkim, the Hollbéllia latifolia, 
Wall. ; it is the “ Kole-pot” of the Lepchas, and has been long known in English gardens under the name 
of Stauntomia latifolia ; it is not nearly so palatable a fruit as that of Decaisnea, being mealy and insipid. 
Puate X. Fig. 1. Diminished sketch of Decaisnea removed from the dense forests in which it grows. 2. Flowers. 
3. Sepal. 4, Stamens of male flower. 5. Stamen of hermaphrodite flower. 6. Pollen. 7. Stamens and ovaria 
of hermaphrodite flower. 8. Carpel. 9. Longitudinal section of carpel. 10. Transverse section of carpel. 11, 
12. Ovules:—all magnified. 13. Transverse section of ripe carpel, natural size. 14, 15. Seeds, natural size. 
16. Seed with the testa removed. 17. Longitudinal section of albumen. 18. Embryo :—all magnified. 
