50 , FRUIT. 



269. The cynarrhodum has the hardened indehiscent 

 pericarpia enclosed within the fleshy tube of a calyx, as 

 in the Rose. 



270. Compound Fruits. Superior. The caryopsis is 

 dry and indehiscent, and the endocarp adheres to the 

 integuments of the seed, there being only one seed and 

 one cell. (Grasses.) 



271. The samara (e) is dry and indehiscent, having 

 two or more cells few-seeded, and expansions or wing- 

 like appendages. (Elm.) 



272. The siliqua (/) is one or two- celled and many- 

 seeded, dehiscing by two valves from a spurious dissepi- 

 ment, and the fruit is longer than it is broad, as in the 

 Wall-flower ; the siliculose form of it, or silicula, is 

 broader than it is long, as in Shepherd's-purse. 



273. The capsule (</) is dry and dehiscent by valves 

 variously placed, mostly at the top of the pericarp, one 

 or many-celled, and many-seeded. (Fig. (<?) is a section 

 of the capsule of the Poppy showing the parietal pla- 

 centse.) 



274. The nuculanium is completely pulpy and inde- 

 hiscent, many-celled and seeded. (The Grape.) 



275. The hesperidium is indehiscent, many-celled, 

 and few-seeded, the cells containing the seeds being 

 filled with juicy pulp, and outer coats of the pericarp 

 passing one into the other, forming a removeable rind. 

 (Orange.) 



276. Inferior. The gland (A) is hard and indehis- 

 cent, one-celled, and few-seeded, and enclosed either 

 wholly or partially within a cupula. (The Oak and 

 Chesnut.) 



277. The achenium is dry and indehiscent, the peri- 

 carp not adhering to the integuments of the seed, 

 and is one-celled and one-seeded. (Chamomile.) 



278. The polakenimn is dry and indehiscent, many- 

 celled, one- seeded, the cells separating from a common 

 axis. (Hemlock.) 



279. The pome (i) is fleshy and indehiscent, many- 



