BOTANY. 109 



FLESHY. 



(Several indehiscent carpels, with a carti- 

 laginous or bony pericarp, enveloped by a 

 fleshy calyx, united with them, and indehis- 

 I cent. The remains of the stamens and the 

 j lobes of the calyx are seen at the upper por- 

 (tion. [Apple, Pear.] 



f" Several verticillated carpels, forming a 

 p J one-celled fleshy fruit, to the internal walls 



I of which the seeds are attached. [Melon, 

 [Gourd.] 



(A many celled fruit, with calyx and peri- 

 carp pulpy, indehiscent; seeds surrounded 

 with pulp, and easily separated from their 

 L point of attachment. [Gooseberry, Grape.] 



Class IIL Polyanthocarps. 



Fruits aggregated by the approximation or junction of many 



flowers. 



f Or cone is an assemblage of sessile fruits, 



g J composed each of a pericarp in the form of a 



| convex scale, and of seeds situated at the base 

 [of the pericarp. [Pine, Fir.] 



1A concave, fleshy receptacle, surrounding, 

 more or less, small distinct fruits, and pro- 

 ceeding from a multitude of flowers. [Fig.] 



f Carpels of several flowers united by the 



circumjacent floral envelopes, bractes and 

 SORUS. { ,. , J ,, . V rA 



I floral axes adhering together. [Anana, 



[Bread-Fruit, Mulberry.] 



THE SEED. 



The seed is that part of a perfect fruit which is to repro- 

 duce a new vegetable. No naked seeds exist, strictly speak- 

 ing ; but the pericarp is sometimes so fine, and adheres so 

 closely to the seed, that it is with difficulty distinguished, 

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