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BOTANY FOR BEGINNERS. 



I Ch. XIV 



364. Fig. 62, a, represents a legum.e ft, the same cut trans 

 versely in order to show the two cells. 



365. 4th. FOLLICLE, is a one-valved pericarp, which opens 

 longitudinally on one side, having its seed loose within it, thar 

 is _iot bound to the suture. 



- 3 - 366. Fig. 63, shows a fruit of this kind, 



which is composed of three pods or folli- 

 cles ; a shows the valve opening ; 6, a 

 seed cut lengthwise. This is a com- 

 pound fruit, of the Monk's-hood, ( Aconi- 

 Kturn.) 



367. 5th. DRUPE, a stone fruit, is a 

 kind of pericarp whicn has no valve, and 

 contains a nut or stone, within which 

 there is a kernel. The Drupe is mostly 

 ffi$\ ^^^ a moist, juicy fruit; as in the plum, cher- 



ry, and the peach. The nut or stone in 

 the drupe, is a kind of woody cup com- 

 monly containing a single kernel calleo 

 the Nucleus: this hard shell thus enve- 

 loping the kernel, is called the Putamen ; it may be seen in the 

 stone of a cherry or peach. 



368. 6th. NUT, is a seed covered with a shell, resembling ihe 

 capsule in some respects, and the drupe in others ; this you may 

 see in the walnut, chestnut, &c. 



369. 7th. POME, is a pulpy pericarp without valves, but hav- 

 ing a membranous capsule, with a number of cells, which con- 

 tain the seeds. This species of pericarp has no external open- 

 ing or valve. The apple, pear, quince, gourd, cucumber, and 

 melon, furnish us with examples of this kind of pericarp. \Vith 

 respect to form, the Pome is oblong, ovate, globular, &c. the 

 form of fruits being much varied by climate and soil. You know 

 that apples are not uniform in their si/e or figure. With respect 

 to the number of cells also, the apple is variable. 



370. 8th. BERY, is a succulent, pulpy pericarp, without 

 valves, and containing naked seeds, or seeds with no other co- 

 vering than the pulp which surrounds it, as in the gooseberrv 

 and currant; the seeds in the berry are sometimes dispersed 



364. What does Fi?. 62 represent 1 



365. What isafoliclel 



366. What is represented by Fig. 63 1 



367. Describe the drupe. 

 36ft. What is a nut ? 

 36{). W*ia! i. a pome ? 

 370. Descr.be the berry 



