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tion which remains attached, the seeds are loca- 
ted (Crucifere) (Fig. 19). 
4. Capsule (capsula), formed of several carpels, dehis- 
cent longitudinally from above (Fig. 20), more 
rarely from below, or ultimately opening by a lid 
(Pyxidium, Fig. 21: as in Hyoscyamus, Anagal- 
lis), or by holes (pore-capsule, as in Papaver 
somniferum). 
The dehiscence (dehiscentia) of the capsule is septicidal' (or 
through the dissepiments, in fruits opening by their sutures, 
Melanthiew, Fig. 22 ~), when in the case of a multilocular ovary 
_ the coalesced dissepiments become separated from each other 
Fie. 20. . Fie. 21, 
Fie. 20.—Colchicum autumnale, capsule dehiscent (septicidally) from above (Hager). 
Fic. 21.—Hyoscyamus niger, capsule dehiscent by a lid. a, closed ; b, opened. 
(Colchicum, Sabadilla); loculicidal? (infruits dehiscing through 
the cells of the pericarp: Liliew), when each carpel becomes 
split in the middle (Lilium, Scilla, Aloe). If in the latter case 
the column of the dissepiments with the seed, separated from 
the wall of the capsule, remains standing in the middle, the 
dehiscence is called septifragal* (Fig. 22 c). In septifragal 
dehiscence, the opening may take place from below (Geranium), 
or from above (Balsaminex, Epilobium). 
II. Fleshy Fruits : Pericarp mostly fleshy. 
1 Septum, dissepiment, and cedere, to cut or to break. 
* Loculus (diminutive of locus), compartment, and ccedere, 
’ Septum, and frangere, to break. 
