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In Epimedium (Fig. 46, D) the Follicle-like monocarpic 

 fruit splits down the two sides so that one of the valves 

 carries the placenta and seeds along the middle of its 

 inner face ; while in Jeffersonia (Fig. 46, B) we have a 

 similar fruit splitting transversely to the long axis. In 

 Leontice (Fig. 46, E) we have a similar fruit splitting 

 irregularly at the apex, or by throwing off* a lid-like 

 apical portion of the carpel. In Achlys (Fig. 46, F) the 

 seed is reduced to one, and the fruit is an Achene. In 

 others (Berberis, Fig. 46 G, Podophyllum, Fig. 46 A) the 

 single carpel has several seeds and ripens to a fleshy 

 Berry. 



