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into threo porfocily iiiolasiio valv'os hnaring the hard and iiarrow septa 

 along their middle line. The septa possess a groove, corresponding to 

 the angles of the axis, which passes into the pores traversnig the valves 

 some distance below the apex. In the growing fruit these pores are 

 tilled with vascular strands passing from the axis to the exocarp ; 

 in the germhiation stage they evidently act as channels fur the 



conveyance of water to the seeds. 

 of the stone originates in 



The larger pore at the base 

 a similar way by the decay of a 

 portion of the tissue, and no doubt fulfils a similar function, 



I might add that Pax (in EngL BoL Jalirh, vol. xxxiv. p. 68) places 

 EupJiorhia drupifera and E. Renouardi in the section Diacanthium, 

 and immediately after E. Teke, Schweinf. ex Pax, adding that it was 

 uncertain whether the latter had drupaceous fruits. From an examina- 

 tion of the semi-mature fruits of the Kew specimen of E. Teke I do not 

 hesitate to say that this cannot well be the case. Its fruits are very 

 probably like tlie fruits of the other species of § Diacanthium, capsules 

 of the type characteristic of Euphorbia.— O'VTO Stapp. 



rig. 1. part of a oompoiuid JiclKisium ; 2. di;jgr:im of a cyathium ; ?>, young 

 cyjUliium, showuig the imbricate aestivation of its lobes ; 4,cyathuiTn after fiowt-ring; 

 6. male flowers with bracts; 6, part of the same, the bracts spread out; 7, section 

 of ovary; 8, mature fruit: 9, cross section of fruit, the upper half of the fieshy 

 exoearp removed, to show the top of the stone; 10, cross section through a stoue ; 

 11, a seed, back view. All enlarged, except 1 and 8. 



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