106 THE SECOND BOOK OF BOTANY. 



Preserve your collection for further study, and 

 add to it all you can get. 



EXERCISE XXXVIII. 

 The Classification of Fruit. 



Look over your collection and separate the dehis- 

 cent from the indehiscent fruits. The indehiscent 

 group may now be further separated into juicy fruits 

 and dry fruits. Compare your specimens of juicy 

 fruit, one by one, with the following pictures and 

 definitions of fruits. The first picture is that of a 

 berry ; so you may first find the berries of your col- 

 lection. To determine whether a particular fruit is a 

 berry or not, cut it across, and see if it agrees in 

 structure with Fig. 214, and the requirements of the 

 definition. Never mind whether your conclusion ac- 

 cords with common speech or not ; whether a straw- 

 berry turns out to be a berry or not ; but follow the 

 definition wherever it leads. 



Indehiscent Juicy Fruits. 



BEEET. A thin-skinned, indehiscent, fleshy fruit, 

 having the seeds embedded in the pulpy mass (Figs. 

 214 and 215). 



FIG. 214. FIG. 215. 



