GLOSSARY OF BOTANICAL TERMS 179 



THE FKUIT. 



The Fruit consists of the ovary with its con- 

 tained seeds and any other adhering parts of 

 the flower that remain and enlarge after the 

 fertilization of the seed-eggs. (102, A, B, and c) 



Single Fruit is the fruit of a single flower, 

 whether as the result of a single pistil or of 

 many carpels in one flower. (103) 



Aggregate, the fruit cluster resulting from 

 several flowers. (104) 



If bracts remain under a fruit when its 

 seeds are ripe they are counted as part of the 

 fruit. 



Sometimes the summit of the flower-stem 

 (Receptacle) becomes swollen and juicy, as in 

 the strawberry. When this falls with the ripe 

 fruit it is said to be a part of it. The fleshy 

 part of the Apple is the swollen receptacle en- 

 veloping the ovaries. 



The calyx often remains when the fruit is 

 ripe; the corolla very seldom. The stamens 

 sometimes remain in a withered condition, 

 while the style either falls away, remains as 



