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-ORGANOGRAPHY. 



Fig. 339, and Pineapple, where the inflorescence in ripening has 

 become fused together into a compact mass. 



(2) The Syconium. This is the peculiar fruit of the Fig, the 

 edible portion of which consists of a succulent, hollow recep- 

 tacle, which incloses a multitude of akene-like nuts, each the 

 product of a distinct flower, Fig. 340. 



(4) The Strobile, or Cone. This is a multiple fruit consist- 

 ing of a scale-bearing axis, each scale enclosing one or more 

 seeds ; for example, the cones of the Hop and Pine, Fig. 341. 



(4) The Galbulus. This is a cone, the scales of which have 

 become succulent. The so-called Juniper Berry, Fig. 342, is an 

 example. 



Recapitulation of Fruits. 



f Indehiscent 

 I Fruits. 



Product of 

 a Single 

 Flower. 



r 



j 



One Pistil. { 



Fruits. 



I Dehiscent 

 I Fruits. 



More than 



Product of a I ° ne Pislil - . 

 Flower- ( Multiple or 



Cluster. ] Collective Fruits 



Aggregated. 



f The akene, utricle, cary- 

 | opsis, samara, glans, cre- 

 \ mocarp, drupe, tryma, 



berry, hesperidium, pepo 

 [_ and pome. 



Follicle, legume, loment, 



cochlea, capsule, silique, 



silicle and pyxis. 



Etserio, strawberry and 



hip. 



j Sorosis, syconium, stro- 

 \ bile and galbulus. 



II.— The Seed. 



Tha seed is the fertilized and ripened ovule. It ordinarily 

 remains enclosed within the ovary, and is nourished by it until 

 maturity, though the rule has some exceptions. As might have 

 been expected, also, the seed ordinarily bears a general resem- 

 blance to the ovule from which it is derived. For example, the 

 coats usually remain to form the coats of the seed ; the chalaza 

 and micropyle of the ovule are still recognizable and are called 

 by the same names in the seed ; the rhaphe, if present in the 

 former, is also present in the latter; the position of the seed in 

 the ovary corresponds to that of the ovule ; the terms atropus, 

 campylotropous, etc., apply equally well to the seed, and the 

 latter, when ripe, breaks away from the funiculus, if that organ 

 is present, or if not, from the placenta, leaving a scar called the 



