WALNUT: SWEET GALE 



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Juglans regia, L. Walnut (Fig. 117). The pericarp 

 abounds in tannin: the shell (endocarp) is grooved and 

 pitted irregularly and splits into two halves down the 



Fig. 116. Sweet Gale, Myrica Gale, L. A, shoot with <? , and C, with 

 $ catkins ; B, scale with <r flower; D, scale with ? flower, the latter in 

 section; E, fruit with its two fused lateral bracteoles; F, the same m 

 section (B and P). 



midrib of the carpel ; each half, divided into two com- 

 partments by a thin septum, complete below. Embryo 



