INTRA-OVARIAL FRUITS IN-CARICA PAPAYA 
H. F. BERGMAN 
(WITH SIX FIGURES) 
An unusually interesting teratological phenomenon came to 
notice recently when in cutting open a fruit of papaya (Carica 
Papaya L.) five small. secondary fruits were found within the seed 
cavity. Externally the fruit containing them was in no way 
1.—Papaya fruit cut longitudinally, showing seeds and secondary fruits in 
Fic. 
Position; one secondary fruit turned over to show production of seeds; 3. 
different from any other specimen to indicate the presence of the 
secondary fruits. These were attached near the basal end of the 
fruit, growing out from the placenta and replacing the seeds. In 
addition to the four conspicuous fruits there was found also one 
very much smaller. Fig. 1 shows four of the inclosed fruits in situ. 
Only the style and stigma of the fourth, the smallest fruit, is 
Visible. 
97) : [Botanical Gazette, vol. 72 
