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to be syncarpous. If carpels are separate from each other 

 they are apocarpous. 



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III. 



Fig. 155. — I. Wallflower {Ckezranthus Cheiri). Siliqua. II. Silicula of Cochlearia 

 open and showing the seeds attached to the replun. III. Lomentum of Raphanus. 

 (From Thome and Bennett's "Structural and Physiological Botany.") 



Dehiscence takes place in various ways. The ovaries of 

 Albuca hang downward in flower where the stigmas are pro- 



II. 



III. 



Fig. 156. — I. Diagram of a loculicidal capsule. II. Diagram of a septicidal capsule. 

 III. Diagram of a septifragal capsule. (From Thome and Bennett's " Structural and 

 ■ Physiological Botany.") 



tected from rain. When the fruit ripens it straightens up and 

 splits from the top down the centre of each carpel (loculicidal 



