98 EE. Hitchcock on a Brown Coal Deposit in Brandon, Vt. 
valves exhibit the dehiscence in the figure. "These valves are 
made up of fibrous matter; the fibres lying perpendicular to the 
surface. ‘The seed is always wanting, but the thin membranous 
integument once enclosing the seed, often remains. There is 
considerable diversity in the size and form of these fruits. The 
figures represent one of middle size and one of maximum size, 
as well as one placed edgewise. Of this variety I have obtained 
several hundred specimens. 
Fig. 2. This is a rare variety of fruit, differing from the last m 
being more acuminate, in being ridged upon its lower side, and 
in opening more or less by three valves; yet two of them ale 
more distinct than the other. I have found only two or three 
specimens ; but they are certainly specifically, and most likely 8° 
nerically, different from the last. The figures show both the Ur 
per and under side as well as the edge. 
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Fig. 3. This species differs from the last in being less ei 
nate, more distinctly ridged on both sides, much thicker att 
upper end, when seen edgewise, and rarely dehiscent. I bavé 
found only a few specimens, and those of variable size. : 
All the preceding pericarps are fibrous perpendicular to the sut 
face, and destitute of a seed. bl 
ig. 4 represents a not unusual form which was most proba o 
a berry: for on breaking it, it appears nearly homogene™ 
throughout, and the outer integument is quite thin: yet It sho » 
seven quite distinct meridional lines in distinct relief, sutures 
I suppose, though indehiscent. It bears a good deal of rese™ 
