48 RUBIACEiE [CH. 



&c. they do not separate at all, but the whole fruit, 

 evidently lobed into cocci, comes away from the stalk. 



a b 



Fig. 50. Pcederia fcctida. A, fruit not yet split (3/1). B, fruit 

 splitting into two cocci (Bai). 



As an instance of how many of these variations may 

 occur in a small circle of alliance, we find in the genus 



sxCA 



Fig. 51. Fig. 52. 



Fig. 51. Galium saccharatum, L, longitudinal section of fruit; v, 

 undeveloped ovary-chamber (E and P). 



Fig. 52. Galium uncinulatum, DC, longitudinal section of fruit (E 

 and P). 



Oldenlandia true inferior capsules, both loculi- and septi- 

 sidal, indehiscent capsules, and cocci. 



