. The Gardeners' Chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. Does some injuryoccur to the berry, causing it to crack ? and doesthe seed become fleshy in consequence of exposure ?or does the seed-coat swell up first, and by its forceof growth cause the resisting coat of the berry tocrack open ?. Aa the subject is of much botanical interest, weappend the account ol Robert Brown :— In Leonticethe dmfa stipitata of Michaux is in reality a naked seed that in a very early stage had burst itspericarpium. In Peliosanthes Teta, soon afterimpregnation has taken place, f
. The Gardeners' Chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. Does some injuryoccur to the berry, causing it to crack ? and doesthe seed become fleshy in consequence of exposure ?or does the seed-coat swell up first, and by its forceof growth cause the resisting coat of the berry tocrack open ?. Aa the subject is of much botanical interest, weappend the account ol Robert Brown :— In Leonticethe dmfa stipitata of Michaux is in reality a naked seed that in a very early stage had burst itspericarpium. In Peliosanthes Teta, soon afterimpregnation has taken place, from one to three ofthese ovula rapidly increase in size, by their pressureprevent the development of the others, aud rupturethe ovarium, which remains but little enlarged atthe base of the fruit, consisting of from one to threenaked berry like seeds. Robert Brown, On someremarkable Deviations from the usual Structure ofSeeds and Fruits, Trails. Linn. Soc. London, ,pp. 143, 151 (read March 5,1816;; Ihe MiscellaneousBotanical Works of Robert Brown, vol. i. (1866),p. 361. M. T. Fie. 76.— A. unripe berries with succulent seeds protruding—real size. B, C. vertical and horizontal sections, showing the originof the supernumerary berries—magnified twice.
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