CHAPTER VII. 



FRUITS OF URTICIFLOR^E. 



Achene Fleshy Perianth or Bracts Samara Samaroid Drupe 

 Drupe Infructescences " Receptacle " of Infructescence. 



ONE of the most interesting and instructive series of 

 fruits known is that of the great Natural Order including 

 the Fig the Urticiflorse, in the wide sense. 



In the simplest cases we have dry Achenes, often 





Fig. 64. Villebrunea integrlfolia, Gaudich. D, vertical section of 

 female flower showing the basin-like expansion of its pedicel. E, part of 

 the infructescence. F, fruit. (E and P.) 



