CHAPTER V. 



FRUITS OF RUBIACE.E. 



Fruits of Rubiacese Capsules- 

 Infructescences. 



-Cocci Berry Drupe-like Fruits 



THE family Rubiaceae affords excellent examples of 

 varieties of inferior capsules and berries, and .of collective 

 fruits composed of these, as well as of other types of fruits; 

 and their characters are largely employed in classifying 

 this largely tropical order. 



Fig. 47. Isidorea amcena, Rich. , 

 capsule (E and P). 



Fig. 48. Mitracarpus hirtus, DC, 

 pyxis dehiscing (E and P). 



Beginning with many-seeded capsules of all sizes and 

 shapes, which are bi-, quadri- or pluri-locular, the play is 



