| In some cases the seeds may remain hanging by their red or orange-coloured funicles from the open legume, the coloured funicle and aril acting as a bird attractant. |
| The aril is a growth from the extremity of the seed-stalk, or from the placenta when there is no seed-stalk. |
| By the end of aril, the several armies seemed to be ready, and the general forward movement on Corinth began. |
| Seeds from the fruits were collected and viable seeds were distinguished by the colour of the aril. |
| The frail, brown shell is marked with longitudinal ridges, sometimes having a whitish aril fixed to one end. |
| When fully mature it splits in two, exposing a crimson-coloured aril, the mace, surrounding a single shiny, brown seed, the nutmeg. |
