of the tube, equal; j/amenis smooth; anthers small, oval, 
greenish yellow, versatile. Ovarium inferior, greenish 
yellow, 3-celled, many seeded, round, ventricose. Ovula 
numerous, inserted towards the base of the axis; style 
filiform; séiegme somewhat 3-lobed. ruit berried, inde- 
hiscent, red, generally, in consequence of the abortion of 
two cells and most of the ovula, one-seeded, marked at 
the top by the scar of the fallen perianth. Seed single, 
ascending, (only seen unripe), very smooth, transparent, 
oval; hilum small, above the base; foramen in the base ; 
raphe short, raised. Testa, when young, marked with 
very minute areolations; albumen abundant. Embryo 
- JL. 
