STUDY OF FRUITS AND SEEDS. 



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direct bearing on the seed distribution. Very frequently 

 the seeds pass unharmed through the bodies of the animals 

 Most cases of succulent fruits will repay individual study 

 from this point of view. 



Berries : e.g. Gooseberry, G-rape, Tomato. Here the 

 enveloping parts of the fruit (pericarp) are all, except the 

 " skin," soft and juicy. 



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RECEPTACLE 



Fig. 118. (a) Fruit of Apple cut vertically; 

 (b) Young Ovary cut transversely. 



Drupes : e.g. Cherries, Easpberries, Plums. In this case 

 the innermost layer of the fruit next the seed is hard and 

 stony (Fig. 116). 



Other fruits to be classed here are. Strawberry, Fig, 

 Apple, etc. (Figs. 117, 118). 



