70 FRUIT OR SEED. 



Pi?. 132. 



Capitum, Fig. 132, (a head.} This 

 consists of sessile flowers, crowded 

 together into a globular form. Ex. 

 Teasel, (Dipsacus,) Clover, (TrifoUum,) 

 Saffron, (Crocus.) 



Fasciculus, (a tuft,) or bundle. When the peduncles of the 

 corymb are placed so near each other, that the flowers 

 form a dense mass, as in the Sweet William, (Dianthus,) the 

 inflorescence is called a fascicle, or bundle. 



Terminal. When the stems or branches are not elongated 

 beyond their flower, or, in other words, when the flower ter- 

 minates the ends of the branches, the flower is said to be 

 terminal. Ex. Peony, Pink. 



In consequence of the different modes of infloresence 

 running into each other, it is often necessary to employ the 

 terms by which each is known in a compound sense. Thus 

 some Spikes so resemble the panicle as to become panicled 

 spikes, and the umbel and corymb, run into each other, form- 

 ing corymbed umbels. 



FRUIT, OR SEED. 



The fruit or seed, is the most important part of vegetables, 

 not only because it affords sustenance to man, but because 

 by this part the species are perpetuated, or renewed without 

 limits. " The fructification," says Linnaeus, " is a temporary 

 part of vegetables, destined for the re-production of the 

 species, terminating in the old individual, and beginning in 

 the new." 



In ordinary language we make a difference between the 

 fruit and s<>od. In the language of Botany, this difference 

 also occurs, but in a more restricted sense. When the seed 

 is inclosed, the envelope and seed together, are called the 

 fruit, as in the Apple, Pea, and Walnut. When the seed is 



What is the difference between the corymb and the umbel ? What is the 

 form of a capitum, or head ? When is the infloresence called a fascicle or 

 bundle ? When is the flower said to be terminal ? What are the differ- 

 ent kinds of infloresence described ? What is said of the importance of 

 the seed or fruit ? Ja the language of Botany, what part is called the 

 fruit t 



