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Scries B. — Biconic. 



1. Base elongate, longer than wide. Exs. loiigifolia, aornula, gomphocephala, 



2. Base hemispheric or ovoid, as wide as long : — 



(a) Fruit very large, 2 or more inches diameter. Exs. pyriformis, maerocarpa, 



(b) Fruit medium-sued, i to 1 inch diameter. Exs. Oldfieldii, pachyphytta, capitellata. 



(c) Fruit small, under h inch diameter. Exs. macrorrhyncha, rudis, rostrala, dccipiens, 



tartiana, lerelicortm, viminalis, salubris. 



Series C. — Globulose to hemispheric. 



1. Globulose. Exs. Howittiana, stelltdata, Todliana. eugenioides. 



2. <ilobulose-o%'oid. Exs. dorutoxylon, eudesmioides, salmovophloia, cneorifolia, capitellata (pars). 



3. Hemispheric. Exs. cosmopkylla, cordata. 



Series D. — Ellipsoid, sides approximately parallel; length at least two times the breadth. 

 I. Ellipsoid, ridged. Ex. lelrodonta. 

 •_' Ellipsoid-obconic. 



(a) Base gradually attenuated. Ex^. gracilis, diversicoldr, microcorys. 



(A) Base more abruptly attenuated. Exs. fcecunda, Jiemiphloia, botryoides. 

 3. Kllipsoid-ovoid, slightly narrowed towards the summit. 



{a) Externally ridged. Exs. kirm/urni. ptychocarpa, corynocalyx, incrassata, clavigera. 



(b) Not ridged. Ex. gavwphylla. 



1. Ellipsoid-urn-shaped, slightly narrowed towards the summit, thence slightly dilated 



(a) Smooth. Ex. phoenicea. 



(b) Ridged. Ex. clavigera. 



Series E. — Canipanulate, general outline ovoid-oblong, more or less dilated at the summit. 

 1. Urn-shaped, distinctly dilated at the summit 



(a) Fruit 1 inch or more long. Exs. Foelscheaiut, Watsoniam. 



(b) Fruit under 1 inch long. (I) Fruit somewhat globulose Ex. Bailegaim. (II) Fruit 



oblong. Exs. dbcordata, eximia, peltata, tesseUaris, terminalis (axially streaked). 



- Urn-shaped ovoid, not markedly dilated at the summit. 

 (a) Fruit. 1 inch or more long. 



I. Longitudinally wrinkled. Exs. calophylla. sepalcralis, miniata. 



II. Smooth. Ex. selosa. 



III. Hispid. Ex. Foelscheana (pars). 

 {//) Fruit under A inch long. Ex. pruinosa. 



SHAPE. 



As a rule the shape and sculpture of the fruit have been pretty clearly foretold 

 or indicated under Calyx-tube; see Part LVIII, p. 469. and ii would lie largely repetition 

 tn deal with these fruits under Fruit, with the same amount of detail. I ask my 

 readers to refer to whal was thei;e said. Fruits vary, as do all other organs, and the 

 subject lias several times lieen referred to. i'j/., under E. pilularis, Part I, p. 28 

 (although we do not now consider the species to be so comprehensive); K. ■piperita. 

 X. p. 300; E. Andrewsi, Part XLVI, p. 171. 



The urceolate shape is more or less a character of the Corymbosse, but it is by 

 no means confined to thai Section, imiigna and (p-avdifnlia liein» eases in point, while 

 we have many Bpecies with fruits more or less urceolate. 



