WALNUT: SWEET GALE 



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Juglans regia, L. Walnut (Fig. 117). The pericarp 

 abounds in tannin : the shell (endocarp) is grooved and 

 pitted irregularly and splits into two halves down the 



Fig. 116. Sweet Gale, Myrica Gale, L. A, shoot with s, and C, with 

 ? catkins ; B, scale with flower ; D, scale with ? flower, the latter in 

 section ; E, fruit with its two fused lateral bracteoles ; F, the same in 

 section (B and P). 



midrib of the carpel ; each half, divided into two com- 

 partments by a thin septum, complete below. Embryo 



