Upon its branches that overhung the water a very singular appearance presented itself.
Upon these was suspended--one upon the end of each branch--a number of odd-shaped objects, that hung drooping down until their lower ends nearly rested upon the surface of the water.

These objects, as stated, were of a peculiar shape.

At the upper ends--where they were attached to the branches--they were globe-shaped, but the lower part consisted of a long cylinder of much smaller diameter, and at the bottom of this cylinder was the entrance.

They bore some resemblance to salad-oil bottles inverted, with their necks considerably lengthened; or they might be compared to the glass retorts seen in the laboratory of the chemist.
They were each twelve or fifteen inches in length, and of a greenish colour--nearly as green as the leaves of the tree itself.

Were they its fruit?
No.