FRUITS 



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fleshy fruits, and are practically always indehiscent. 



Those on the other hand, which are hard and woody 

 (and not usually eaten by human 

 beings except when quite young 

 and soft) are termed dry fruits. 

 Most dry fruits contain several 

 seeds and are dehiscent, like those 

 of C^SALPINIA, but there are 

 many which do not open. Nearly 

 all of these have but one seed 

 inside, like PONGAMIA, PTEROLO- 

 BIAM, or the so called ' seed ' of 

 the Sunflower. 



DEHISCENT FRUITS 



2. There are several kinds of 

 dry dehiscent fruits. 



In the Pea, Bean, Gram, 

 C^SALPINIA, CASSIA, PITHE- 

 COLOBIUM and others like them, 

 the ovary is one-celled with one 

 row of seeds, and when ripe 

 opens along two edges. This kind 

 of fruit is termed a legume. It 

 occurs only in the members of 

 a large family, called on that 

 account the LEGUMINOSE^E. 

 In MICHELIA, DELPHINIUM, 



STERCULIA, CALOTROPIS, VINCA and other genera 

 belonging to their families, the ovary consists of several 

 cells or units, which (at any rate in fruit) are not 

 combined, but quite separate, and each contains, one 



FIG, 51 



FOLLICLES OF CRYPTO 



STEGIA GRANDI- 



FLORA, Br. 



