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FRUIT. 



[SECTION 14. 



376. The Pyxis is a pod wliich opens by a circular horizontal line, the 

 upper part I'onniiig a Ud, as in Purslane (Fig. 404), the PLintain, lieu- 

 bane, etc. In these the dehiscence extends all round, or is cir- 

 cumscissile. So it does in Amaranth (Fig. 387), forming a one- 

 seeded utricular pyxis. In JelTersonia, the line does not separate 

 quite round, but leaves a portion for a liiuge to the lid. 



377. Of Multiple or Collective Fruits, which are properly 



401 



axis or 

 mmute 



into one body (as is seen in 

 the Mulberry (Fig. 408), Pine- 

 apple, etc.), there are two kinds 

 with special names and of pe- 

 culiar structure. 

 378. The Syconium or Fig- 

 403 402 404 fruit (Fig. 405, 406) is a fleshy 



summit of stem, hollowed out, and lined within by a multitude of 

 flowers, the whole becoming pulpy, and in the common fig, luscious. 



379, The Strobile or Cone (F'ig. 411), is the peculiar multiple fruit 

 of Pines, Cypresses, and the like ; hence named Conifercp, viz. cone-bearing 



Fig. 401. Silique of a Cailamine or Spring Cress. 



Fig. 402. Silicle of She])lier(rs Purse. 403. Same, with one valve removed. 



Fig. 404. Pyxis of Purslane, the lid detaching. 



Fig. 405. A fig-frnit wlien young. 406. Same in section. 407. ISIagnified por- 

 tion, a slice, showing some of the flowers. 



Fig. 408. A mulberry. 409. One of the grains voimtrcr, enlarged ; seen to l>e 

 a jiistill.ate flower with caly.\ becoming fleshy. 41U. Same, with fleshy calyx cut 

 :icross 



