88 OBJECT LESSONS IN BOTANY. 



172. Tnjma is tlie name for such fruits as Walnut, Cocoa- 

 nut. Like the drupe, it has a stony seed- shell, but its outer 

 coat is rather woody than pulpy. 



173. Such fruit as the Raspberry or Blackberry we call 

 etcerio. It consists of many little flesliy_druj)es growing fast 

 together or to the torus. In the Blackberry they grow to 

 the torus (Fig. 268). 



174. The terry is a thin-skinned, pulj)y fruit, holding its 

 several seeds loose in the pulp, as Currant, Grape (Fig. 261). 

 The Orange, &c., is much like a berry, but on account of its 

 thick rind has been called by another name (hesperidium). 



175. Pe^o is sucli a fruit as Squash, many-seeded, with a 

 hard, crusty rind. 



176. Pome^ the Apple, Pear, Haw, a fleshy fruit with sev- 

 eral distinct cells. Here the fleshy calyx grows fast to the 

 ovaries ; while in the Hip^ or Hose-fruit, the fleshy calyx 

 merely incloses the ovaries, as seen in Fig. 203. 



LESSON XXIII. 



FRUITS, CONTINUED. 



177. The dehiscent pericarp, — that is, those whicb open to 

 discharge the seeds, — are generally dry fruits, known as pods. 

 The various forms have the following names : Pyxis, Folli- 

 cle, Legtoie, Siltqtje, Capsule. 



168-176. The student wiU now please define and name the fruit of Butter- 

 cups, Corn, Ash, Maple, Oak, Hazel, Plum, Walnut, Raspberry, Grape, 

 Orange, Squash, Pear, Haw, and Rose. 



177. Please give the names of the dehiscent pericarps. 



