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FOSSIL FEUITS. 



FIG. 121. 



FIG. 122. 



Fio. 134. 



Fie. 120. 



Fio. 123. 



FIG. 125. 



Fig. 122 differs from the last apparently only in its elongated form, which is that of a large raisin. 



Figs. 123, 124 and 125 are very similar to Fig. 121 ; but 124 and 125 are very thin in their lower part 

 (that part opposite the stem), and 125 is also more or less four-sided. 



In Figs. 126, 127 and 128, the fruit is distinctly triangular, and the valves are three. Fig. 126 exceed- 

 ingly resembles a large beechnut. Others, as Fig. 128, look like the Brazil nut (Bertholletia excelsa.) The 

 outside is rough and somewhat ridged lengthwise. Only a few have been found. In all the fruits thus far, 

 the valves are composed of fibrous materials arranged crosswise. 



FIG. 128. 



FIG. 126. 



FIG. 127. 



Fio. 129. 



FIG. 130. 



Fio. 131. 



Fig. 129 is a prolate spheroid, with six valves corresponding to the carpels of the capsule. It is quite 

 rugose. 



In Fig. 130, similar to 129, the septa or divisions of the six valves are quite prominent, and the sides are 

 smooth. 



Fig. 131 is spherical and smooth, with six valves, and different from the preceding. 



In Fig. 132, which is spherical and rugose, the valves are seven, a beautiful fruit, having the aspect of 

 one or two species of walnut, but it contains no meat. It was probably a berry, for on breaking it, it 

 appears nearly homogeneous throughout, and the integument is thin. Yet the valves are quite distinct, 

 though indehiscent. In appearance, size, and texture, it resembles a nutmeg. 



Fig. 133, which is slightly prolate, has seven valves, whose sutures form grooves rather than ridges. It is 

 smoother than the last. 



FIG. 132. 



Fio. 133. 



FIG. 134. 



FIG. 136. 



Fio. 135. 



Figs. 134 and 135 are elongated and tapering towards the lower end, opposite the place of attachment. 

 The seven ridges are quite prominent. 



Fig. 136 has seven valves, and the ridges between them are so prominent that the spaces between them 

 appear like deep furrows, and the ridges seem to run somewhat obliquely across the fruit. 



Figs. 137 and 138 are more nearly spherical than the two preceding, and the seven ridges are less promi- 

 nent. 



