118 THE SECOND BOOK OF BOTANY. 



The following questions, forming a pistil-schedule, 

 may now be used as a guide for pupils in describing 

 this important organ of plants : 



Form and position of stigma ? 



Form and position of style ? 



Kind of pistil ? 



Placentation ? 



Dehiscence ? 



Direction of ovules ? 



Kinds of ovules ? 



Fruit? 



Seed? 



Embryo ? 



Achenium (Gr., #, not ; chaino, I open). 



Capsule (Lat., capsula, a little chest). 



Caryopsis (Gr., Icare, a head ; opsis, appearance). 



Cremocarp (Gr., Icremao, I hang; karpos, fruit). 



Cypsela (Lat., a martin, or swallow). 



Drupe (Lat., drupcz, unripe olives). 



Epicarp (Gr., epi, upon; Tcarpos, fruit). 



Endocarp (Gr., endon, within). 



Etcerio (Gr., etarios, a companion). 



Follicle (Lai., folliculus, a little bag). 



Legume (Lat., legumen, pulse). 



Loment (Lat., bean, meal). 



Mesocarp (Gr., mesos, middle ; karpos, fruit). 



Pome (Lat., pomum, an apple). 



PT/zis (Lat., a little box). 



Silique (Lat., siliqua, a husk, or pod). 



Sorosis (Gr., s<?r0s, a heap). 



StroMlus (Lat., a fir-cone). 



Syconus (Gr., swfow, a fig). 



