

eeli, opening by a sutural deliiscence on the inner side, and 

 bearing seeds at the base, or along the suture. \ Ex. peony, col- 

 umbine, silk-weed. ' 



6. Drupe (stone-fmit)^s one-celled, one or two seeded, inde-. 

 hiscent, with a hard and bony efidocarp (stone), and a moist and 

 pulpy epicarp and sOrTcocarp. Ex. plum, cheriy, peacl^ It also 

 includes those^fmits wliich have a fibro-fleshy, or even coria- 

 ceous epicarp, as the walnut, butternutiwhich kuids of fruit are 

 called drujjaceous. 



7. The NuT^s a hard, dry, uidehiscent shell, proceeding from 

 an ovaiy wMch is two or more celled, and two or more ovuled, 

 but becoming by suppression one-celled, and one-ovuledJ( 1 10, a). 

 It difiers from the Drupg^in wanting the soft, succulent cover- 

 ing.\ Instead of this it is seated in a kind of persistent involu- 

 cre, called a cupulc. Ex,- chestnut, oak, beech, hazle.' 



=" *^ 8. Caryopsis (kernel). ^yThis is a tliin, dry, one-celled peri- 

 cai-p, inseparable from the seed wliich it encloses. E:^ maize, 

 wheat, Carex.} When it is not inseparable from the seed, it is 

 • called a utricle, as in the pig-weed (Chenopodium). 



9. An ACHENiuM is a smaUJdrj^, hai'd, one-celled pericarp, dis- 

 tinct from the seed which it contains. Ex. Borago, Ranun- 

 culus, Aster, and the Composita3 generally} 



10. Samara (winged fruit). 'It consists of a dry, indeliiscent, 

 one-seeded pericarp, with a wmg-hke appendage. Ex. bircli, 

 raaple.'^ 



11. A PYXIS (box) is a capsule wliich opens by a cii-cum- 

 sessile deliiscence (115 ; 5), so as to appear like a httle cup with 

 a Ud. Ex. plantain (Plantago), purslane) (Portulaca). 



12. Pome (apple). Tliis is a fleshy, indeliiscent pericaip, 

 formed of the permanent calyx, containing several cartilagmous 

 carpels, or cells, which enclose the seeds. Ex. apple, pear, 

 qumce.^ 



13. The PEPo (gourd)^'"is an indeliiscent, fleshy fruit, proceed- 

 ing from a compound ovaiy, either one-celled, or entirely filled 

 with pulp. Ex. cucumber, melon, pumpldn.' 



14. Berry {Bacca)^ii succulent, pulpy pericarp, holding the 

 seeds loosely within, Avitli no other covering than its own soA 



