302 PHARMACEUTICAL BOTANY 
A S1uigua is a long, slender, one or two-celled capsule, often 
with a spurious membranous septum (when two-celled) and two 
persistent parietal placentz, the valves opening from below 
upward. Examples: Mustard, Chelidonium and Wallflower, Fig. 
226 (6). 
Fic. 226.—Types of capsular fruits. 1, Pod of Aconite; 2, Capsule of Colchi- 
cum showing septicidal dehiscence; 3, capsule of poppy, having porous dehiscence; 
4, pyxis of Henbane; 5, dehiscing regma of Geranium; 6, siliqua of Celandine show- 
ing valves opening from below upward; 7, silicule of Cochlearia; 8; Legume of Pea. 
A Smicutz is a short siliqua in which the length is never 
much greater than the breadth. Examples: Cochlearia, Fig. 
226 (7); Shepherd’s Purse, etc. 
II. Scuizocarpic Frurrs.—A Carceruus or NuTLET is the 
typical fruit of the Labiata, but is also seen in the Boraginacea, 
The ovary that has become four-celled at the time of flowering 
matures into four little pieces which split asunder lengthwise. 
