402 BOTANICAL INFORMATION. 
midribs of the carpels are still in the axis of the fruit, the 
partition being formed by the laminæ, and the placente by 
their very slightly revolute margins. In this case, as in- 
deed in all the species I have examined, the external walls of 
the cells are constituted alone by the tube of the calyx. The 
only difference then between this and the usual structure 
of a fruit is, that in the one case, the carpellary leaves 
are involute, in the other revolute. The few words of 
De Candolle express the structure of a Pepo admirably, 
while the verbose character of Endlicher is quite unintel- 
ligible. Dr. Wight informs me that the late lamented Mr. 
Griffith was most determinedly opposed to the revolute 
theory.* 
The close confinement to which I subjected myself during 
the month of January in arranging the Ceylon collections, 
together with several returns of ague, so much injured 
my general health, that at the recommendation of the civil 
medical attendant here, who is married to a daughter of 
your Cape correspondent, Baron Ludwig, I determined to 
make a run up to the Sanitorium on the Neelgherries 
a week or two to recruit, and check, if possible, the - 
periodical attacks of my fever. Dr. Wight's family being — — 
on the mountains, he kindly consented to accompany me. 
Ootacamund, the principal station on the hills is about 
fifty miles from Coimbatore, one half of which distance 
was traversed before reaching the foot of the range, and 
this was accomplished the first day. The road is neatly 
level all the way; as we passed along, I observed many - 
plantations of cotton, tobacco, and castor oil. The s : 
hedges along the road, and between the fields, are mostly — 
formed of Euphorbia Antiquorum, tortilis, and Tirucalli. 
* Long before this reaches you, you will have heard of the death ob 7 
Mr. Griffith, He had but shortly returned from Calcutta to Malacca 
when he was cut off on the 8th of February, by inflammation of the liver, — 
after only a few days’ illness. Thus has India’s brightest botanical orna- ——— 
ment been taken away, even before the prime of life; but, young as he 
was, he has left an undying fame behind him, 
