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WALNUT 



large and oily, consisting chiefly of the corrugated coty- 

 ledons. 



Drupe small, 8 12 mm. long, bright-coloured 



and softly fleshy. 

 f~l Drupe oblong, golden orange with broivn 



Fig. 117. Walnut, Juglans regia. 1, flowering shoot, bearing a a 

 male catkin and 6 a female inflorescence ; 2, male flower with a a stamen 

 seen from within, 6 one from the side; 3, female flower; 4, vertical 

 section of same ; 5, fruit with one half removed ; 6, vertical section 

 through the nut ; 2, 3 and 4 enlarged (Wo). 



