f a fleshy mass;
moreover, the line of demarcation between the fruits is more distinct,
and there are traces of the seed-bearing cavity in the interior, and of
calycine lobes at the top. On the other hand, if the case be one of
hypertrophy merely, the lowermost fruit is the smallest, and there is no
trace of seed-bearing cavity nor of sepals. See also under Hypertrophy.

Some other malformations usually referred to prolification of the fruit
seem due to branching of the inflorescence, as in _Plantago_, wheat,
maize; or to a simple extension of the axis beyond its ordinary limit,
as in some cones of firs, &c. It is obvious that the true fruits in
these cases are in no wise affected.

From these considerations it would appear better to abandon the use of
the expression prolification of the fruit, as unnecessary where it is
really applicable, and as delusive in the numerous other cases where it
is employed.

Median prolification of one or other kind has been met with in the
following genera:

_Leafy_. _Floral_.

Ranunculaceae. Clematis.
Anemone! *Anemone!
Ranunculus! *Ranunculus!
Delphinium.
Caltha.
Aquilegia!
Cruciferae. Bunias.
*Cheiranthus!
Erucago.
*Matthiola!
Sisymbrium!
Brassica!
Nasturtium.
Hesperis.
Sinapis!
Diplotaxis.
Lunaria.
Erysimum.
Alyssum.
Peltaria.
Cardamine!
Cleome.
Cistaceae. Helianthemum!
Caryophylleae. Dianthus! *Dianthus!
Silene!
Lychnis!