. _ fruits growing together into a thick fleshy substance- The 
ae of the peduncle, or of an involucre dilated into a hollow body. 
oe in a great many cases, there is some peculiar construction 19 — 
195 —- (THE PERICARP. 
AGGREGATE FRUITS. 
The fruits of several flowers united into one mass. 
511. The Cone (Strobilus).—This is the catkin or amen- 
tum ripened and indurated. The seeds are found in the — 
axilla of the Bractew or scales. Fir-top. (See Fig. 21, page 
94.) When small, and its parts closely compressed, it 18 
termed a Galbulus. 5: 
512. The Sorosis of Mirbel.—This term is applied to the — 
Pine-Apple (Bromelia ananas), which consists of several 
_ fruit of the Mulberry is of this kind. In this case the 
flowers were in the form of a dense spike, and the fruits, 
or pericarps, grow together from their vicinity to each 
other. ; 
513. The Syconium of Mirbel.—This is the fruit of the — 
-Fig-tree (Ficus carica.)’ It consists of the receptacle or ape* 
y interiorly, and containing a number of small bard 
$14. The dehiscence of the pericarp is well seen in wil- 
_ low-herb, violet, broom, and many other well known plants. 
Most plants produce a considerable number of seeds, and 
; the pericarp or seed, by which the seeds are prevented fall- 
ing down and accumulating at the spot where they gte®> 
i tribe), which aid 
