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Petals united; rays white, in rows; flower-heads large; receptacle 

 solid, densely chaffy; disk florets few, yellow, tubular, 



Anthemis, 600 



Petals united; rays yellow, strap-shaped, longitudinally veined; 

 receptacle flat, naked; disk florets yellow, tubular, 



Calendula, 602, N.F. 

 Petals united; rays yellow, three-toothed; flower-heads large; 



receptacle nearly flat, pitted, hairy, Arnica, 565 



c. Single flowers. 



Unexpanded; long, dark brown; calyx four-cleft, solid, glandular; 

 petals four, formed into a head, aromatic, . . . Caryophyllus, 371 



(6) PETALS. 



Petals unexpanded; in form of cone; deep-red, yellow at base; 

 fragrant, Rosa Gallica, 213 



(c) STIGMAS: 



Thread-like, long, silky, longitudinally veined, yellowish; with styles, 



Zea, 40, N.F. 



15. FRUITS AND PARTS OF FRUITS 



(a) COLLECTIVE FRUITS: 



Strobiles glandular; thin, greenish scales, with delicate veins; aro- 

 matic, Humulus, no 



Fleshy compressed; yellowish or brownish; efflorescence of sugar; 

 numerous yellow akenes; sweet, Ficus, 114, N.F. 



(b) FRUITS FROM SINGLE FLOWERS: 



a. Cremocarps. 



Ovate, compressed at the sides, grayish, hairy, mericarps usually 

 separated, curved, five-ribbed; many thin oil tubes; aromatic, 

 sweet, Anisum, 381 



Ovate, compressed, gray-green, smooth; mericarps usually separated, 

 each five-ribbed; six oil tubes, Carum, 385 



Oblong, smooth, nearly cylindrical, greenish-brown; ribs prominent, 

 obtuse, ten oil tubes, Foeniculum, 382 



Globular, smooth ; mericarps united, each with two oil tubes on face 

 and five wavy ribs and four prominent ridges on back, 



Coriandrum, 386 



Ovoid crescent shaped, prominent ribs, alternating with the coarsely 

 roughened furrows, Petroselinum, 3pia 



b. Capsular fruit, superior. 



Cylindrical, long, black-brown; numerous transverse divisions; seeds 

 glossy brown; pulp sweet, odor prune-like, 



Cassia Fistula, 247, N.F. 

 Inferior. 



Ovate-triangular, three-ceiled; pale buff color; seeds brownish, angu- 

 lar, numerous, Cardamomum, 82 



Cylindrical, long, wrinkled, single-celled, containing the numerous 

 small black seeds; pulp blackish-brown; fragrant, Vanilla, 87, N.F. 



c. Fleshy. 



Globular, blackish-gray, reticulately wrinkled; internally whitish, 

 hollow; pericarp formed into a stalk, Cubeba, 88 



Globular, brownish-black; internally lighter, hollow; reticulately 

 wrinkled; without stalk, hot taste, Piper, 89 



Globular, glandular; two-celled; each cell contains a single brownish 

 seed; aromatic Pimenta, 372, N.F. 



Subglobular, dark red, densely hairy, single-seeded, 



Rhus Glabra, 317, N.F. 



Blackish-brown, one seeded, ovoid-oblong, Sabal, 47 



Oblong, wrinkled; pericarp red, shining; two-celled; with numerous 

 yellowish seeds; intensely hot taste, Capsicum, 516 



Globular, deprived of rind; light, spongy, breaking into thin, wedge- 

 shaped pieces; contains many light-colored seeds; intensely bitter, 



Colocynthis, 544 



Oblong, wrinkled, black-blue; pulp soft, brownish-yellow; single 

 seed; sweet, acidulous, Prunum, 205, N.F. 



