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FRUITS 



ing of a fleshy stem and a hollow torus that bears the seed, 

 as in the fig. 



The sorosis is a fleshy, accessory, multiple fruit composed 

 of fleshy bracts, perianths and ovaries, as in the mulberry. 



FIG. 126. Accessory fruit. Pineapple (Ananas ananas); 1, surface view; 

 2, longitudinal section view. 



A galbalus is a fleshy, accessory, multiple fruit, consisting 

 of a fleshy spike and three perianths inclosing three seeds, 

 as in juniper. 



Partially Dehiscent Fruits. Partially dehiscent fruits are 

 divided into (1) schizocarps and (2) arthrocarps. 



