Fruits 179 



at the top of each carpel. Mesembrianthemum has a curious 



I. II. III. 



FIG. 175. I. Wallflower (Cheiranthus Cheirt). Siliqua. II. Silicula of 

 Cochlearla open and showing the seeds attached to the replum. III. Lomen- 

 tum of Raphanus, (From '1 home' and Bennett's " Structural and Physiological 

 Botany ".) 



fruit. The capsule is below the flower, and has from five to 

 I. n. ill. 



FIG. 176. I. Diagram of a loculicidal capsule. II. Diagram of a septi- 

 cidal capsule. III. Diagram of a septifragal capsule. (From Thom6 and 

 Bennett's " Structural and Physiological Boiany".) 



twenty carpels. The seeds are borne near the base of the car- 

 pels on long cords or funicles. The flowers open in the sun- 

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