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BOTANY 



PART II 



region on account of its acid refreshing fruits known as Pomegranates (Fig. 656). 



Fig. 656. — Funica granatum (A nat. size). 1, Branch bearing a flower and a bud. 

 longitudinal .section. 3, Fruit. (See text.) Official. 



2, Flower in 



Leaves small, entire. 



Fio. 657. — Floral diagi'am of Punica 

 granatum. (After Eichler.) 



Flower with a stiff", red calj^x, an indefinite number of 

 petals, and numerous stamens ; the 7-14 carpels 

 are arranged in two tiers, the upper of whicli 

 corresponds in number to the sepals, tlie lower 

 to the half of this (Fig. 657). Fruit enclosed 

 by a leathery pericarp with numerous seeds in 

 the loculi of both tiers. The external layers of 

 the seed-coat become succulent and form the 

 edible portion of the fruit. 



Official. — Funica granatum, from which 

 GR.\XATi CORTEX is obtained. 



Order 24. Umbelliflorae 



Inflorescence as a rule an umbel. Flowers hermaphrodite, 

 actinomorphic, tetramerous or more usually pentamerous ; calyx 

 only slightly developed ; a single whorl of stamens and an inferior 

 bilocular ovary, the upper surface of which forms the nectary. 



