BOTANY. 



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LEGUMEN. 



DEHISCENT. 



!A follicle is a carpel opening longitudinally 

 by the ventral suture; pericarp not fleshy, 

 often foliaceous. [Ranunculus.] 



f A legume is a carpel unique and opening 

 longitudinally in two valves, both at the 

 dorsal and ventral suture ; pericarp but lit- 

 tle or not at all fleshy, of an elongated form, 

 and compressed at the sides. [Bean, Aca- 



L cia.] 



NON DEHISCENT. 



A drupe is a mesocarp fleshy ; endocarp 

 coriaceous or bony; carpel generally single 

 in each flower, with one or two seeds, 

 _ [Peach, Plum.] 



DRUPA. 



Or grain is an indehiscent carpel, bony,, 

 generally small, containing a single grain, not 

 ACHJENIUM <> united with the pericarp. The Strawberry 

 is an accumulation of small grains upon a 

 ^ fleshy torus. 



Class II. Syncarps. 



Composite fruits formed of two or more carpels of the same- 

 flower united. Two orders. Those fastened to the calyx, 

 and those not fastened to the calyx. The first order has twa 

 sections, dehiscent and non dehiscent. 



NON DEHISCENT. 



f Pericarp one-celled, by abortion, termi- 

 \ nated in the flower by two or three stigmata, 

 I and united with a single seed. [Wheat, 

 [Maize.] 



CARIOPSIS. 



SAMARA. 



f Compartments projecting externally under 

 J the form of dorsal wings, from a dry, inde- 

 I hiscent, two or more celled fruit. [Maple, 

 I Ash.] 



