OF THE FRUIT. 



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Second ^Division : Fruits indchiscent, one-seeded, fleshy ; 

 namely, Drupe, Tryma, Et^rio. 



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

 ly, Bkrry, Pkpo, Pome. 



168. 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- 

 ly an achenium with a wing, 

 as in Ash, Elm, Maple. The 

 latter fruit is a double sa- 

 mara. 



170. A glans (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. The stone in- 



F\g. 279. Maple,— a double samara. 

 Fig. 280. Pear,— a pepo. 

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

 closes the one seed, and is larged view, showing the seeds lying in 



itself inclosed in a iuicy ^ ^Jl" o* o t? •. ^ u , 



J J Ji'tg. 282. Iruit of Henbane, — a pyxis 

 pulp. with its lid open. 



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

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



