OF THE FRUIT. 



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Second Division: Fruits indehiscentj one-seeded, fleshy; 

 namely, Dkupk, Tkyma, Et^rio. 



Third Division : Fruits indehiscent, several-seeded ; name- 

 ly, Bkrky, Pepo, Pome. 



108. The achenium is such a fruit as we find in Butter- 

 cups, Anemone, Sage. Usually there are several produced 

 together from one flower. We must not mistake them for 

 seeds. They are pericarps, each inclosing one seed, as you 

 see in the figures. The grain of Wheat or Corn (called cariop- 

 sis) is much the same, but the one seed cannot be separated 

 from the pericarp. 



169. The samara is mere- n: 2so 

 ly an achenium with a wing, ^ 

 as in Ash, Elm, Maple. The 

 latter fruit is a double sa- 

 mara. 



170. A Cjlans (or nut) is 

 such a fruit as Acorn, Chest- 

 nut, Hazelnut, much like 

 achenium, but larger, and 

 seated in a cup or invo- 

 lucre. 



171. A drupe is such a 

 fleshy fruit as the Cherry 

 or Peach. It is well called 

 a stone-fruit. Tlie stone in- 

 closes the one seed, and is i''^rged view, show 



itself inclosed in a juicy '''^-^"^^gg. Fruit of Henbane 

 pulp. with its lid open. 



Fig. 279. Maple,— a double samara. 

 Fig.^%^. Pear,— a pepo. 

 Fig. 281. Gooseberry, cut across; an en- 

 ing the seeds lying in 



-a pyxis 



167. Please define our first division of fruits. What special fruits belong 

 to it ? the second, &c. ; the tliird, &c. 



