88 DOTANY FOK BEGINNERS. [Ch. XIV. 



hollow pericarp ; which spontaneously opens by pores, as the 



poppy, or by valves, as in the Mullein. 



Fig. 60. 357. Fig. 60, a, represents the cap- 



sule of one species of Lily, the Marta- 

 gon, as it appears after the opening of 

 the valves or pieces which compose the 

 pericarp. At b is the same capsule re 

 presented as cut crosswise, shewing the 

 seeds as they lie in their different cells. 



358. 2d. SILIQUE, or Siliqua, is a two-valved pericarp or pod, 

 with the seeds attached alternately to its opposite edge, as Mus- 

 tard and Radish. The proper silique is two-celled, being fur- 

 nished with a membrane, which runs the whole length of this 

 Kind of pericarp, forming a partition; upon this the seeds are 

 aranged. See Fig. 69 D. b. 



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357. What does Fig. GO represent ? 



358. Describe the silique. 



