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AUTHOR S METHOD. 



[BOOK I. 



CLASS I. Fruit simple. APOCARPI. 

 One- or two-seeded : 

 Membranous, 

 Dry and bony, 



Fleshy externally, bony internally, 

 Many-seeded : 

 Dehiscent : 



One-valved, 

 Two-valved, 

 Indehiscent, 



UTRICULUS. 

 ACH^NIUM. 

 DRUPA. 



FOLLICULUS. 



LEGUMEN. 



LOMENTUM. 



CLASS II. Fruit aggregate. AGGREGATI. 

 Ovaria elevated above the calyx : 



Pericarpia distinct, .... ET^RIO. 



Pericarpia cohering into a solid mass, . . . SYNCARPIUM. 



Ovaria enclosed within the fleshy tube of the calyx, . CYNARRHODUM. 



CLASS III. Fruit compound. SYNCARPI. 

 Sect. 1. Superior : 



A. Pericarpium dry externally : 



Indehiscent : 



One-celled, . . . . CARTOPSIS. 



Many-celled : 



Dry internally : 



Apterous, . . . CARCERULUS. 



Winged, .... SAMARA. 

 Pulpy internally, . . . AMPHISARCA. 



Dehiscent : 



By a transverse suture, . . . PYXIDIUM. 



By elastic cocci, . . . REGMA. 



By a longitudinal suture, . . . CONCEPTACULUM. 



By valves : . 



Placentae opposite the lobes of the 



stigma : 



Linear, . . . . SILT QUA. 



Roundish, . . . SILICULA. 



Placentae alternate with the lobes of 



the stigma : 



Valves separating from the replum, CERATIUM. 

 Replum none, . . . CAPSULA. 



B. Pericarpium fleshy : 



Indehiscent : 



Sarcocarpium separable, . . . HESPERIDIUM. 



Sarcocarpium inseparable, . . . NUCULANIUM. 



Dehiscent, ..... TRYMA. 

 Sect. 2. Inferior : 



A. Pericarpium dry : 

 Indehiscent : 



Cells two or more, . . . . CREMOCARPIUM. 



