M> in 







the . - : 1 1 \ x remains in i 

 into an operculum. I' 



I immcdiati \\ and « holl) from the | 

 I in tlii- i >!-■ 1< i- ; and I ■ 







l 



Punka 1 

 wluch he ia - i by the high audi 



The fruit of Punica Granatum, t 1 I 

 uate, ia described by Gaartner and De < an loUe .^^^aaal *^^™«^ 



eing divided into t«" uuequ&l divisions by 

 a horiz o ntal diaphragm, the upper half of which 



ista of from 5 t" 9 cells, and the lowi i 

 three ; the cells of both being separated by 

 membranous dissepiments ; the placi utsa of the 

 upper half proceeding from the i the 



centre, and of the lower irregularlj from their 

 bottom; and by Don aa a flesh] \c\e 



formed by the tube of the calyx into a unilocu- 

 lar berry, tilled with a spongy placenta, which 

 ia hollowed out into ■ numb* r of irregular cells. 

 In fact, if a Pomegranate is examined, it will 

 found to agree more or l< as perf ctly with I 



descriptions. Bui it ia clear that a fruit 

 as thus described ia at variance « itli theordin 

 lawa upon which compound fruits are 

 \ - ction "i the ovary of the Pomegranate in 

 various directions, if made about the tune of the 

 expansion of the Bowers before impregnation t. 



d of two rows of carpels, of which thr. • 

 in the bottom of the tube <>t' the calj \. and a muni ■ 

 these, and adhere to the upp : the tube i 



carpels contract an irregubu d with ; 



give to the position ultimately acquired bj tl 

 ii assumes in the ripe fruit, it th 

 • i-ieet. its peeuharitj consists in this, that, in 

 but a single row around the a\i-, it 



CCCCXCI.— 1. Punica Granatum; S 

 ■ 

 i - CCCCXCI1. Monstrous v 





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