CHAPTER II. 



CLASSIFICATION OF FRUITS. 



Dehiscent Dry Fruits Follicle Legume Silique Capsules and 

 their Dehiscence Indehiscent Dry Fruits Nut Achene 

 Caryopsis Cypsela Samara Schizocarps Fleshy Fruits 

 Drupe Berry. 



With the above general principles at command, we can 

 now proceed to a review of the more important kinds of 

 fruits, illustrating their other characters as we go. 



An astoundingly large number of plants have fruits of 

 the following simple type. 



A single carpel, superior, and free, ripens directly into 

 the fruit. In many cases the pericarp remains thin and 

 dry, and forms a pod-shaped Follicle, opening by one 



Fig. 7. Aconitum Napellus, ffiterio of three follicles (Bai). 



