STRUCTURE.] 



AUTHOR S METHOD. 



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Cell one : 



Surrounded by a cupulate involucrum, 

 Destitute of a cupula, . . 



Dehiscent or rupturing, 

 B. Pericarpiura fleshy : 

 Epicarpium hard : 



Seeds parietal, . . . 



Seeds not parietal, 

 Epicarpium soft : 



Cells obliterated, or unilocular, 



Cells distinct, .... 



CLASS IV. Collective fruits. ANTHOCARPI. 

 Single : 



Perianthum indurated, dry, . . . 



Perianthum fleshy, ..... 



Aggregate : 



Hollow, .... . . 



Convex : 



An indurated amentum, 



A succulent spike, . . . 



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GLANS. 



CYPSELA. 



DIPLOTEGIA. 



PEPO. 

 BALAUSTA. 



BACCA. 



POMUM. 



DlCLESIUM. 



SPHALEROCAR- 



P1UM. 



SYCONUS. 



STROBILUS. 

 SOROSIS. 



143 144 



13(>. Syncarpous Capsule of Euonjmus. 137. Apocarpous Capsule of Nigella. 138. Legumen. 

 139. Legumen with the two valves opened. 140, Folliculus. 141. Conceptaculum, or 

 Double Folliculus. 142. Apocarpous Capsule of Delphinium. 143. Capsule of Lychnis. 

 144. Capsule of Lychnis cut through, and showing the free central placenta. 



CLASS I. Fruit simple. APOCARPI. 

 Ovaria strictly simple ; a single series only produced by a single flower. 



I. UTRICULUS, Gartner. (Cystidium, Link.) 



One-celled, one- or few-seeded, superior, membranous, frequently dehiscent 

 by a transverse incision. This differs from the pyxidium in texture, being 

 strictly simple, i. e. not proceeding from an ovarium with obliterated 

 dissepiments. 



Example. Amaranthus, Chenopodium. 

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