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SCIENCE PRIMERS. 



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In the following enumeration the character of the 

 seed is added to avoid subsequent repetition. 



A. Aggregate fruits or Infructescences (Par. 125). 



Mulberry (Fig. 58). A head of fruits, each con- 

 sisting of a dry i-seeded little indehiscent nut, inclosed 

 in four juicy perianth pieces. 



FIG. 58. Aggregate fruit of 

 mulberry. 



FIG. 59. <7, fruit of fig cut vertically ; 

 b y male, and c, female flowers ; 

 both much enlarged. 



Fig (Fig. 59). A hollowed-out fleshy peduncle, 

 with bracts at the top, containing innumerable fruits, 

 each consisting of a little i-seeded indehiscent achene, 

 together with the withered remains of a perianth. 



Pine-cone. A series of woody scales, each with 

 two seeds at its base (here there is no pericarp, see 

 Par. 139). 



