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A TEXT-BOOK OF BOTANY. 



Fig. 24s. The fruit of the American Gooseberry (Ribes oxyacanthoides): I, whole 

 fruit; II, transverse section of fruit with seeds; III, seeds deprived of gelatinous coat; 

 IV, floral parts; V. surface section of epidermis from margin of calyx with hairs; VI, surface 

 section of epidermis from throat of calyx with hair. — After Winton. 



This fruit is characteristic of the Umhelliferce. (Consult Vokime 

 II for pharmacognosy of medicinal umbelliferous fruits.) 



A Drupe is a fleshy, indehiscent fruit with a more or less 

 succulent and well-developed sarcocarp and an indurated endo- 



