MORPHOLOGY OF THE VEGETATIVE ORGANS 111 
are usually classed with the foliage-leaves rather than with 
bracts. A peculiarly specialized bract is found at the base 
of the individual inflorescence of Job’s tears (Par. 203). 
It is urn-shaped, bony, and incloses the pistillate inflores- 
cence. At maturity it breaks away as a_bead-like 
1-seeded fruit, 
