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BOTANY. 



HESPERIDIUM. 



SILIQU. 



CAPSULA. 



PYXIDIUM. 



Epicarps united externally in a coriaceous 

 skin, almost always concealing the juncture 

 of the carpels, which are easily separated by 

 the hand, provided that the endocarp adhere 

 but slightly to the rest of the pericarp. [Ci- 

 tron, Orange.] 



DEHISCENT. 



f A silique consists of two carpels united 

 j throughout their length in a dry, bivalved 



< fruit, with a thin partition ; seeds attached 

 I to the two edges of the partition in each com- 

 [partment. [Cabbage, Radish.] 



f A capsule consists of two or several carpels 

 J united in a dry, dehiscent, many seeded fruit, 

 I in any manner whatever. [Water-Lily, 

 [Poppy.] 



f Capsule opening in the middle by a cir- 



< cular, horizontal fissure. [Chickweed, Purs- 

 [lain.] 



The second order has two sections, fleshy and not fleshy. 



NOT FLESHY. 



f Two or several carpels united with the 



tube of the calyx, and internally with their 

 CREMOCARPIUM. < , j i . r 



I single seed ; when ripe, separating from a 



L common axis. [Umbelliferse.] 



CYPESELA. 



GLANS. 



f A single carpel, by abortion of the others, 

 J indehiscent, united with the calyx, and con- 

 gaining a single seed, [Composites.] 



f Pericarp coriaceous or ligneous, indehis- 

 j cent, unilocular by abortion, containing one 

 I or many grains, and surrounded at the base 

 [by a cupule. [Hazel, Oak.] 





