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mass. Ex. cixnaut, whortleberry. The orange and lemon an- 

 swer this definition, and are therefore berries. *\ 



FIG. 18. — Fonns of fruit ; 13, naked achema of Fragarra on the surface of the enliTgec^ 

 fleshy receptacle ; 14, drupaceous achenia of a Rubus on a fleshy, deciduous receptacle, ; 15^ 

 samara of Acer ; 16, pyxis of Hyoscyamus; 17, pome of Pyrus (pear); 18, berry of Ribea 

 (gooseberry) ; 19, section of the same enlarged ; 20, strobile of Piiius ; 21, cremocarp of the 

 UmbelUferse, as Conium. 



a. This definition cannot include tte sti-awbeiTY, which consists of an en- 

 iiarged, fleshy receptacle, bearing numeroiis achenia upon its surface. Nor does 

 it include the blackbeiTj, which, like the other species of the Rubus, is an a-;gre- 

 gate fruit composed of united drupes. Tliese fruits are called Etasria, by iia-beL 

 (Fig. 18; 13, U.) 



15. Strobile (cone). Tliis is an aggregate fruit, consisting 

 of scale-like caqjels spread open, with naked seeds on their 

 mner side, at base. Such is the fruit of the fir tribe, wliica is 

 on this account called ConiferEe. '. 



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