200 FRUITS 



The samara of the maple is a two-seeded, two-winged 

 fruit that splits at maturity into one-seeded parts. 



A cremocarp is a fruit composed of two one-seeded parts or 

 mericarps, w^hose inner, commissural surfaces are in contact. 

 The mericarps are attached to a carpophore, from which 

 they finally separate, as in sweet cicely and other umbellif- 

 erous fruits. 



FIG. 128. Accessory fruits. 1, Synconium of fig (Ficws Carica); 2, 

 Sorosis of red mulberry (Morus rubra); 3, Galbalus of juniper (Juniperus 

 communis) . 



A carcerulus is a fruit composed of an indefinite number 

 of achene-like parts that split longitudinally into one-seeded 

 parts, as in the hollyhock and mallow. 



2. Arthrocarps are jointed fruits which break up into one- 

 seeded parts. 



A lament is a many-seeded fruit that divides transversely 

 at maturity into-one-seeded parts, as in thlaspi arvense 

 and meibomia. 



