terior. Thes^ grow together on the median line, and 

 this line ol' fusion is carried upward by growth, so 

 that there is a solid wall between the cavities of 

 the carpels fox* a short distance. The carpels have 

 separate styles and stigmas, but are united through- 

 out their hollow portions. In each ovary thore is 

 developed one ovxile, which is suspended from the mar 

 gin of the carpel. This development of the flower 

 is essentially as described by Baillon (3) except 

 that he describes the ovary as originally having two 

 ovules, one of which nearly always atrophies, Le I'la* 

 out and Decai ne (16) also figure a cross-soction of 

 the fruit sht-.ving two mature seeds in each carpel. 

 In the course of some hundreds of carpols investiga- 

 ted I have found b\it a single one with two ovul^>s. 

 Baillon (17) also speaks of Hamamelis as being polyg- 

 amous; oi' tl-.is I have seen no evidence in my materi- 



