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confluent at their bases to form a rim, enclosing a large concavity, 

 in the center of which the peduncle is attached. The fruit is one- 

 celled, but the cavity is nearly filled (in the half -ripe state in 

 which I saw it) with innumerable seeds a little like small cucum- 

 ber seeds, originating from 5 placentae and borne on very long 

 funiculi. The seeds have a fleshv outer covering that seems to be 



The Jarilla (Jarilli Sesseana (Ramirez) Rusby). Copied after Ramirez 

 (Ann. Inst. Med. Nac, 1, Lam. iv.) 



