le shape, bordering on the crescent form, occupy the clubbed and broad part of the capsule in the centre, the pod tapering towards the edges on all sides. On both sides of the seed, cell, and adjoining, are convex cells filled with white balsam, the quantity for each fruit being about the size of a… … 1, Fruit of Myroxylon. 2. Longitudinal Section of Ditto. ji 3. Transverse Section of Ditto, showing seed and Balsam cells on either side. 4, Seed of Ditto, medium size. * An article on Balsam of Peru will be found at yol.i, p. 59 of the TECHNOL- OGIST,—EDITOR, |
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