Fruits 1 79 



at the top of each carpel. Mesembrianthemtan has a curious 



I. II. III. 



Fig. 175. — I. Wallflower {Cheiranthus Cheiri). Siliqua. II. Silicula of 

 Cochlearia open and showing the seeds attached to the replum. III. Lomen- 

 tura oiRaphanvs. (From 1 hom6 and Bennett's " Structural and Physiological 

 Botany ".) 



fruit. The capsule is below the flower, and has from five to 



I. II. III. 



Fig. 176.— I. Diagram of a loculicidal capsule. II. Diagram of a septi- 

 cidal capsule. III. Diagram of a septifragal capsule. (From Thom^ and 

 Bennett's " Structural and Physiological Botany".) 



twenty carpels. The seeds are borne near the base of the car- 

 pels on long cords or funicles. The flowers open in the sun- 



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