tion of many of the ovules 3-seeded: the valves (by an 
accidental alteration of dehiscence) either bearing the dis- 
sepiments in their middle, or forming them by the inflection 
of their edges. Seeds fixed to the inner edge of the disse- 
piments ; large, thick, and few. Albumen none. Embryo 
with large, thick cotyledons replete with oil, plano-convex, 
and, as it were, jointed at the base; radicle very short, 
obtuse, opposite the hilum, drawn inwards, with a hardly 
conspicuous ascending plumule.” Dec. prodr. 1. ee 
