CHAPTER V. 



FRUITS OF RUBIACEiE. 



Fruits of Rubiaceae Capsules Cocci Berry Drupe-like Fruits 

 Infructescences. 



The family Rubiacese affords excellent examples of 

 varieties of inferior capsules and berries, and of collective 

 fruits composed of these, as well as of other types of fruits; 

 and their characters are largely employed in classifying 

 this largely tropical order. 



Fig. 47. Isidorea am.ce.na, Bich., 

 capsule (E and P). 



Fig. 48. Mitracarpus hirtus, DC, 

 pyxis dehiscing (E and P). 



Beginning with many-seeded capsules of all sizes and 

 shapes, which are bi-, quadri- or pluri-locular, the play is 



