180 WILD FLOWER PRESERVATION 



a spike on the fruit, or develops into some 

 appendage to it. 



The Pericarp is the envelope of the seed or 

 seeds. It is sometimes called the Seed-vessel. 

 It does not include the seeds themselves or 

 any receptacle or calyx that may remain and 

 surround it. (105) 



Fruits may be dry, or fleshy and juicy. 



Fruits are said to be 



Dehiscent, when opening at maturity to re- 

 lease the seeds. (106) 



Indehiscent, when they do not open, but fall 

 with the contained seeds. (107) 



Most juicy fruits fall in this way. 



VARIOUS KINDS OF FRUITS. 



The Pod is long and narrow and when ripe 

 the pericarp splits longitudinally up both sides. 

 (108) 



The Silique (plural, Siliques) is a two- 

 chambered pod. (109) 



Silicle, a short, broad, two-chambered pod. 

 (110) 



Capsule, another form of dry seed-vessel 



