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Fig. 1392. — Althaea rosea. Hollyhock. Schizo- 

 carpic fruit breaking up into a ring of 

 mericarps. 



for they include a sub-type which is dehiscent, called the regma. In these 

 cases, the mericarps when they separate from the central axis, open along 



Fig. 1393. — Oenantlie crocata. Umbelliferae. 

 Transverse section through the cremocarp 

 with one seed in each mericarp. 



the ventral suture and expel the contained seed, sometimes with violence. 

 Good examples are afforded by Geranium (see p. 1508), Dictanmus and some 

 Euphorbias. 



