THE FRUIT 303 
Each split part is composed of one-half of a ripened carpel, 
Fig. 227 (2). 
A Cremocarp is the characteristic splitting fruit of the 
Umbellifere family. It consists of two inferior akenes or meri- 
carps separated from each other by a forked stalk called a carpo- 
phore. These mericarps usually cling to the forks of the 
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Fic. 227.—Schizocarpic fruits, and loment. 1, Cremocarp of Fennel, composed 
of two mericarps (m) and a split carpophore (c); 2, carcerulus of the Bugle; 3, one- 
carpelled: samara of the Ash; 4, double samara of the maple; 5, loment of purging 
cassia, a portion of the pericarp being removed to show chambers, each containing 
a Sirigle seed. 
carpophore for a time after the cremocarp splits, but sooner or 
later fall, Fig. 227 (1). 
A Samara is a winged splitting fruit. It may be one- 
carpelled as in the Elm, Ash, Tulip Poplar and Wafer Ash or 
two-carpelled as in the Maples. See Fig. 227 (3 and 4). 
III. Acuentat Fruits (all indehiscent)—The AKENE is a 
dry, one-chambered, indehiscent fruit, in which the pericarp is 
firm and not united with the seed, the style remaining in many 
cases as an agent of dissemination, Fig. 228 (1). The latter 
may be long and feathery as in Clematis or be hooked. Exam- 
