THE FRUIT AND SEED. 



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HESPERIDIUM. A kind of berry with a leathery 

 rind (Fig. 216). (Example, lemon and orange.) 



FIG. 216. 



PEPO. The pepo is an indehiscent, fleshy fruit, 

 with seeds borne on parietal placentae, and with the 

 epicarp more or less thickened and hardened. (Ex- 

 ample, squash.) 



POME is the term applied to a fleshy, indehiscent, 

 several-celled fruit, with a leathery, or cartilaginous, 

 endocarp, enclosed by the calyx-tube. Figs. 217 and 

 218 are transverse and vertical sections of a pome. 

 (Example ; apple and pear.) 



FIG. 217. 



FIG. 218. 



DRUPE (example, peach or cherry) is a pulpy, in- 

 dehiscent, one-celled, one or two seeded fruit, with 

 a succulent or fibrous epicarp, and hard, stony, dis- 

 tinct endocarp (Figs. 219 and 220). 



