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FRUIT. 



[SECTION 14. 



376. 

 upper 



401 



axis or 

 minute 



The Pyxis is a pod which opens by a circular horizontal line, the 

 part forming a lid, as in l'm>lane (1'iir. 40-i), tin: Plantain, Hen- 

 bane, etc. In these the dehiscence extends all round, or is cir- 

 ciinixi-ixxile. So it does in Amaranth (Fig. o^7), forming a one- 

 seeded utricular pyxis. In Jeffersouia, the line does not separate 

 quite round, but leaves a portion for a hinge to the lid. 



377. Of Multiple or Collective Fruits, which are properly 



masses of fruits aggregated 

 into one body (as is seen in 

 the .Mulberry i fig. IDS), Pine- 

 apple, etc.), there are t\vo kinds 

 with special names and of pe- 

 culiar structure. 



378. The Syconium or Fig- 

 403 402 404 fruit (Fig. 10.1, lOfi) is a flesh y 



summit of stem, hollowed out, and lined within by a multitude of 

 flowers, the whole becoming pulpy, and in the common fig, luscious. 



406 



405 



403 



379. The Strobile or Cone ("Fig. 411), is the peculiar multiple fruit 

 of Pines, Cypresses, and the like; hence named ftw//>,w, vi/,. cone-bearing 



FIG. 401. Silique of a Cadamine or Spring ("'n^s. 



FIG. 402. Silicic of Shepherd's Purse. 403. Same, with one valve removed. 



FIG. 401. Pyxis of Purslane, the lid detaching. 



Flo. 40;5. A fig-fruit when young. 406. Same in section. 407. Magnified por- 

 tion, a slice, showing some of the llowers. 



FIG. 408. A nmllierry. 409. One of the grains younger, enlarged; seen to be 

 a pistillate flower with calyx becoming fleshy. 410. Same, with fleshy calyx cut 

 across. 



