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HOW li.ANTS AKK rKUl'Ad ATICO. 



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prowin^ vory thick antl (Icsliy, rnakos tho whnlo oatMblo part oi* Hosli of (ho fi-uit 



in th<; liiiw Mild th<' <|iiiiice. 'I'ho rciil sccd-vcsscls in the (piiiico (Vij^. 201), 

 iipplti ' I'^i;,'. 200), iiiitl thr like, consist of the i\\e tliin |i?irchinf^nt- 

 likc cells of tho core, eontainiiiii,' tho seods. in llie (jiiiiifo, all the 

 llosh is calyx. iJut in (ho jicar ;in<l a|)|)lo (lit' (Icsh of tho coro, 

 ■\i/, , all insid(^ of tho oiix'lo of /^'roonish do(s which arc softi on cut- 

 tiiii; tho apj»lt' across ( Ki^'. 200), holon^'s to tlui r<'('o[»(aclo of tho 

 llowcr, which here rises so as to suitouikI the real seed-vessels, 

 ('ilttin^' the ap))le leii;,'! hw ise, these dots come (o \ie\v as slender 

 •greenish lint\s, separat in<,' w hat lielon<;s to the core from what 

 / lielon^'s (o (he calyx; (lay are (h<^ \'ef-sels wliich in the hlossoin 

 beloni,' to tho petals and the stamens aliove. In thi' haw, tho 

 colls hecoiiie thick and stony, and so form a kind of 



226. HOIie-FrUit or Drupe. Plums, chenies, and peaches (Pi;,'. 

 202) are tho commonest and host examples of tln^ stone-fruit. It 

 is a fruit in which tho out(^r paj-t hecomes 

 llesjiy or pulpy, liko a berry, while tho 

 inner pai't liocomos liard or stony, like a 



nut. So tlio >S/"//'^ (or I'uhoiK'ii. as tho botanist tei'ins 



it) doos not b(>lon<j to tho .so(m1, but to the fruit. It has 



the seed in it. with coats of its own. 



227. Dry Fruits are those that riiion without flesii or 



Dulp. They arc either dehiscent or indidiisc ent. Doliis- 



cont so<'d-vessels ai'o (lios<; which s[)li,t or burst open, in 



sonio I'o^'ular way, (o dis'iliar^'O tho seeds, luihhim'inf 



seed-vo.ssols are those that remain closed, retainin,!.,' the seed niitil thoy ffrow, or 



until the sood-\ossol decays. Ail stone fi-uils and 

 lloshy fruits are of course indeliiscont. 



228. Tho sorts of huU'hi^i'nd <lry fruits that wo 

 need to distin^'uish are the vl/.'v/'', the (Irdiit, tho Xitl, 

 and the A''//. 



229. The Akene includes all diy, ono-sooded, closed, 

 small fruits, such as are ;j;onorally mistaken for naked 



seeds ; such, foi* inst-anco, as tho litdo seed-like fruits of I'.uttercnps. ( Pi^. 203 is 

 one of those, whole, a good deal onlargo(l ; Fiy. J04, one w ith part of tho wall cut 



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