STRUCTURE.] 



AUTHORS METHOD. 



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internal spurious dissepiments, whence it appears at maturity to consist of 

 many articulations and divisions. 

 Example. Ornithopus. 



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1 45. Samara. 146. Capsule of Rhododendron. 147. Capsule of Rhododendron divided across. 

 148. Capsule of Staphylea. 149, 150. Cypsela of Composite. 151. Capsule of Aristo- 

 lochia. 152. Capsule of Aristolochia cut across. 153. Capsule of Staphylea cut across. 



CLASS II. Fruit aggregate. AGGREGATI. 

 Ovaria strictly simple ; more than a single series produced by each flower. 



VII. ET^RIO, Mirb. (" Polychorion, Mirb ;" Polysecus, Desvaux ; Amalthea, 



Desv.; Erythrostomum, Desvaux.) fig. 163. 



Ovaries distinct; pericarpia indehiscent, either dry upon a dry receptacle, 

 as Ranunculus, dry upon a fleshy receptacle, as Strawberry, or fleshy upon a 

 dry receptacle, as Rubus. The last is very near the syncarpium, from which 

 it differs in the ovaria not coalescing into a single- mass. It is Desvaux's 

 Erythrostoroum. This term is applied less strictly by M. Mirbel, who admits 

 into it dehiscent pericarpia, not placed upon an elevated receptacle, as 

 Delphinium and Peeonia; but the fruit of these plants is better understood 

 to be a union of several follicules within a single flower. If there is no 

 elevated receptacle, we have Desvaux's Amalthea. The parts of an Eteerio 

 are Achenia. 



Examples. Ranunculus, Fragaria, Rubus. 



VIII. SYNCARPIUM. (Syncarpium, Rich. ; Asimina, Desv.) 

 Ovaries cohering into a solid mass, with a slender receptacle. 

 Examples. Anona, Magnolia. 



IX. CYNARRHODUM. (Cynarrhodum, Oflicin. Desvaux.) 



Ovaries distinct; pericarpia hard, indehiscent, enclosed within the fleshy 

 tube of a calyx. 



Examples. Rosa, Calycanthus. 



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