CONTENTS. 



Dehiscence 



The Style .... 



Form and Surface 

 The Stigma .... 

 4. The ReceiJtacle, Thalamus, or Torus 



Section 5. 

 THE fruit 

 Nature of the Fruit 

 Changes produced in the Ovary in the Course 



velopment 



General Characters of the Fruit 



Sutures 



Dehiscence .... 



1. Valvular Dehiscence . 



A. Septicidal Dehiscence 



B. Loculicidal Dehiscence 



C. Septifragal Dehiscence 



2. Transverse or Circumscissile 



3. Porous Dehiscence 

 Kinds of Fruit . . . , 



1. Fruits formed by a Single Flower 

 a. Simple Fruits . 



1. Legume or Pod 



2. Lomentum 



3. Drupe 



4. Utricle 

 Apocarpous Fruits . 



1. TheFoUicle . 



2. The Achffinium 



3. The Etajrio . 

 Syncarpous Fruits . 



1. Superior Syncarpous 

 The Caryopsis . 

 The Samara 

 The Car ce rule . 

 The Ampliisarca 

 The Capsule 

 The Siliqua . 

 The Silicula . 

 The Hesperidium 

 The Tryma 

 Tlic Nucuhinium 



2. Inferior Syncarpous 

 The Crcmocarp 

 The Cypscla . 

 The Ohms or Nut 

 The Diplotcgia 



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