122 ALMOND: SWEET GALE 



velvety-tomentose and about 40 mm. long. The endocarp 

 is fibrous, woody, and much pitted, containing the well- 

 known almond kernel. 



ft Drupe very small, 2 3 mm., with 2 lateral 

 wing-like appendages, waxy and odorous. 



Fig. 115. Prunus Amygdalus. A, fruit. B, fruit opened to expose 

 the stone (E and P). 



Myrica Gale, L. Sweet Gale, Bog Myrtle (Fig. 116). 

 The fruits are solitary in the axils of the scales of small 

 erect catkins, and each results from the maturity of a 

 bicarpellary ovary to which the two bracteoles adhere 

 as wing-like out-growths. 



(/3) Drupe inferior, crowned with remains of 

 perigone, stamens, &c. 



For (tt) t Fruit rounded oblong or ovoid, not com- 



eep.127.] pressed. 



Drupe large, ovoid-oblong, about 50 x 30 

 mm., with smooth olive exterior, glandular- 

 punctate and aromatic, rapidly blackening 

 when bruised, and containing the well-known 

 walnut. 



