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A Samara is a winged splitting fruit. It may be one-carpelled 

 as in the Elm, Ash, Tulip Poplar and Wafer Ash or two-carpelled 

 as in the Maples, Fig. 100 (3 and 4). 



A Lomentum or Loment is a splitting fruit that splits transversely 

 into one-seeded portions. Seen in Crucifera, in Entada scandens, 

 Cathartocarpus Fistula, Desmodium, etc. of Leguminosa, Fig. 100 (5). 



FIG. 100. Schizocarpic fruits. I, Cremocarp of Fennel, composed of two 

 mericarps (m) and a split carpophore (c); 2, carcerulus of the Bugle; 3, one-car- 

 pelled samara of the Ash; 4, double samara of the maple; 5, loment of purging 

 cassia, a portion of the pericarp being removed to show chambers, each containing 

 a single seed. 



III. Achenial Fruits (all indehiscent). The Akene is a dry one- 

 chambered, indehiscent fruit, in which the pericarp is firm and may 

 or may not be united with the seed, the style remaining in many 

 cases as an agent of dissemination, Fig. 101 (i). The latter may 

 be long and feathery as in Clematis or be hooked. Examples of 

 akenes: Fruits of the Composite, Anemone, etc. The Hip of the 



