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FLOWER-LAND. 



not burst open like the legume, though it breaks or 

 separates at the joints. Common examples of the 

 legume are the pea, furze, bean, and other papilio- 

 nacese F ig. 15, p. 21). 



(2) The follicle* is a fruitlet of an 

 apocarpous (compound) fruit, and formed 

 of a single carpel, which dehisces 

 along the ventral suture (Fig. 124), 

 as in the columbine, larkspur, and 

 monks' hood (Fig. 161 e). 



(3) Siliqua and silicula. 

 The siliqua^ is a syncarpous 

 (compound) fruit, of two carpels 

 and with a partition (dissepi- 

 ment; between them. It dehisces 

 from the base upwards, the two 

 carpels splitting away from the 

 partition, which remains erect 

 on the top of the peduncle. 

 Examples are the wall-flower, Fig 12 6. 

 mustard and other cruciferae Sll 1 1 ^^ s hlt " 



('pier 1 2O (Draba] dehis- 



cing. E, trans- 

 verse section ; 



Fig. 124. 

 A Follicle. 



Fig. 125 



Siliqua of 



Brassica. 



v dissepiment 



When the shape of it is short "> 



s, seed. 



ff. Fig. 121). an d broad, it is a silicula,% 



* From the Latin "folliculus" a little bag. 



fFrom the Latin " siliqua" a husk. 



j From the Latin " silicula" a little husk. 



