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NYMPH^ACE^E 



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but the pericarp is fleshy, and so a Berry -like fruit : in 

 Actcea spicata there is only one carpel, which ripens to a 

 Berry. 



In Callianthemum there is one Achene, but in most 

 Anemones, Buttercups (Fig. 15), Clematis (Fig. 39), &c. 

 the fruit is an aeterio of achenes. 



In Nymphseacese we find the following interesting 

 series of fruits : 



In Cabomba, &c. there is an aeterio of free indehiscent 

 Follicles or Achenes. In Nelumbo (Fig. 40) the achenes 

 are sunk in deep depressions of the floral axis. In 

 Nymphcea (Fig. 41), Nuphar, &c. (the Water Lilies) the 



'ig- 40. 



Nelumbo lutea, Pers., flower and fruit 

 (E and P). 



Fig. 41. Nymphcea alba, 

 capsule (Bai). 



numerous carpels unite into a capsule-like fruit with 

 numerous chambers and seeds, but the walls become 

 spongy or nearly fleshy, and do not dehisce as a rule. 

 The fruit is thus something combining the characters of 

 a berry and a capsule. In Nuphar it is superior: in 



