LYCIUM : STRAWBERRY-TREE 



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been termed a dry berry ; it has 5 cells, each with 4 5 

 seeds which are angular and coriaceous. When ripe the 



Fig. 141. Lycium chinense (so-called L. barbarum). a, flowering 

 shoot (^). b, flower, c, fruit, d, labiate calyx, e, five-toothed calyx 

 (Dobner and Nobbe). 



fruit, about 15 18 mm. in diameter, bears a superficial 

 resemblance to a strawberry in shape, size and colour. 



Fig. 142. Vine, Vitis vinifera. 2, flower casting the petals as a 

 cap; 3, vertical section of flower; 4, ditto of fruit; 5, seed (Sc). 



