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CONTENTS. 



The Style 280 



Form and Surface 282 



The Stigma 283 



4. The Eeceptacle, Thalamus, or Torus . . . .286 



Section 5. 



THE FRUIT 



Nature of the Fruit 



Changes produced in the Ovary in the Course of its 



velopment 



General Characters of the Fruit 



Pericarp 



Sutures ..... 



Dehiscence .... 



1. Valvxilar Dehiscence 



A. Septicidal Dehiscence 



B. Loculicidal Dehiscence 



C. Septifragal Dehiscence 



2. Transverse or Circumscissile Dehiscence 



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 



b. Apocarpous Fruits 



1. The Follicle 



2. The Achgenium or Achene 



3. The Etserio 



c. Syncarpous Fruits 



1. Superior Syncarpous Fruits 



a. With a Dry Indehi scent Pericarp 



1. The Caryopsis 



2. The Samara . 



3. The Carcerule 



4. The Amphisarca 



b. With a Dry Dehiscent Pericarp 



1. The Capsule . 



2. The Siliqua . 



3. The Silicula . 



c. With a Fleshy Indehiscent Pericarp 



1. The Hesperidium . 



2. The Tryma . 



3. The Nuculanium . 



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