FIDDLE-WOOD: A genus of the angiosperma order, belonging to the Didynamia clas of plants; and in the natural method ranking under the 40th order, Perforata. The calyx is quintidentated, campanulated, wheel-shaped, and inclining to be funnel-shaped, with its segments villous on the upper side, equal. The fruit a dipersemary berry; the seeds bilocular. There are two species, both natives of the warm parts of America, where they grow to be large trees, and are adorned with white flowers growing in spikes. In Britain they appear only as shrubs, and must be constantly retained in the stove, where they make a fine appearance, being beautiful evergreens. They may be propagated either by seeds or cuttings.