230 FLOWER-LAND. 



the mulberry, produced by the swelling of the perianth leaves 

 (p. 139*). 



The word sorosis is derived from the Greek " soros," a heap, an 

 accumulation. 



Syconus (from the Greek " sttkon" a fig) is a collective fruit, such 

 as that of the fig. (See p. 138.) 



