TABLE OF FRUITS 



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In the school it is well to have a collection of fruits for study. The 

 specimens may be kept in glass jars. 



The following diagram will aid the pupil to remember some of the 

 fruits to which particular names have been given. He must be warned, 

 however, that the diagram does not express the order of evolution of 

 the various kinds. He should also remember that there are many 

 common fruits that answer to no definition, and these should be studied 

 and compared with the forms that have received definite names: 





Dry -pericarps . 



Simple 



(achene (indehiscent). 

 follicle (dehiscent), 

 legume (dehiscent). 



septicidal dehiscence. 

 Pericarps , Compound - loculicidal dehiscence, 



(capsule) (^apical dehiscence. 



f [Pyxis. 



berry. 

 drupe, 

 drupelet. 

 A ggregate pericarps 



Accessory Fruits 



(strawberry. 

 hip. 

 pome, 

 pepo. 



Gymnospermous or Cone Fruits. 



