MULBERRY: FIG 



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(i) Anthocarp a head of false drupels, the flesh 

 of each mainly derived from the perigone. 



Morus alba, L. Mulberry (Fig. 145). 



(ii) Anthocarp a syconus i.e. a fleshy hollow 

 receptacle, bearing numerous achenes on 

 its inside. 



Ficus Carica, L. Fig (Fig. 146). 



Fig. 146. Fig, Ficus Carica. 1, flowering shoot ; 2, female, and 3, 

 male flower enlarged ; 4, the fig in section, reduced (Wo). 



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