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ALMOND: SWEET GALE 



velvety-tomentose and about 40 mm. long. The endocarp 

 is fibrous, woody, and much pitted, containing the well- 

 known almond kernel. 



tt Drupe very small, 2 3 mm., with 2 lateral 

 wing-like appendages, waxy and odorous. 



Fig. 115. Primus Amygdalus. A, fruit. B, fruit opened to expose 

 the stone (E and P). 



[For (tt) 

 see p. 127.] 



Myrica Gale, L. Sweet Gale, Bog Myrtle (Fig. 116). 

 The fruits are solitary in the axils of the scales of small 

 erect catkins, and each results from the maturity of a 

 bicarpellary ovary to which the two bracteoles adhere 

 as wing-like out-growths. 



({3) Drupe inferior, crowned with remains of 

 perigone, stamens, &c. 



t Fruit rounded oblong or ovoid, not com- 

 pressed. 



Drupe large, ovoid-oblong, about 50 x 30 

 mm., with smooth olive exterior, glandular- 

 punctate and aromatic, rapidly blackening 

 when bruised, and containing the well-known 

 walnut. 



