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away. That tlioy am not soods is pliiin I'lom the Uiiy they an- |)n)<luc<'<l, an<l from 

 their boarinj; ii stylo or .sti<jiiia, at Iciist wlit-n youiii,'. 'I'hcy Jiro evidently pistils 

 ripened; and on rutting' theni open, the scimI is loiind \vhol(! within (V'v^. 204). 



230. A Grain (oi- ('(iri/d/is/s) is the same as an ;ikene, except that the thin seed- 

 vessel adheres firmly to i\u' whoh^ surhicc of the seed. Indian corn, 



wheat, rye, and all such kinds of <^'r;iin aie cxMniples. 



231. A Nut is ;i liMi'd-shelled, one-seeded, indehis(!ent fridt, like ;in 

 akene, hut on a larger scale. Heechnuls, chestnuts, and Mcoi-ns (Ki<^'. 

 205) arc familiiir exiniipics. In ;dl these the nut is Mirrounded hy 

 a kind of in\-ohlci'e, called ;i ('kjiuIi' or Cup, which, ho\Ve\el', is no 

 pai't (»f the fi'uit. In the ()ak, the ciijiule is !i sc;dv cu|i ; in th<^ 

 Beech iiml ( 'best 1 nit, il is ;t kind of hnr; in I Ik- I hi /el, it is ;i jejif like 

 cup oi' coscrin^' ; in Hop lloi'nl»e;iin. it is n thin ;ind dosed l).'i;.(. 

 The fruit of the Waliuit, I'uttemut. ;in(! the like, is Jx-tueen a «liMip<; Nutan'i i.uiiwi.!. 

 and a nut. hiivin^' a fleshy outei- lay(^l\ 



232. A Key oi- Key Fruit (calle<l hy hotanists a S<n,iar(i) is like jin akeno or nnt, 

 /-rv or iinv other indehiscj-nt, one-seeded fniit. onlv it is win-'ed. The 



/||| fruits of the Ash (Vv^. 206) iind of tlie j'lhn (V'v^. 207) are of this 

 kind. That of the Maples consists of two keys p.irt ly j(»ined at t ho 

 base, both from one flowei- ( i'^ii,'. 20H). 



-3 V I)i'lii-^<'nil Fruits, or i\\y fruits which split or burst opeji in 

 some re.iT'il.'ir way, tak(} the ;,'eiieral name of 



2,,'4. Pods. 'I'hese ^'ener-dly split len;;'lhwise when ripe and dry. 

 Pods formed of ;\ simpler pistil mostly o[)en dowa 

 their innei- ed<.,'e, namely, that 

 wjiich Muswers to the unite(l mar- /'^ 

 ^nns of the pistilleaf. Comoare/^^ 

 I'^ii,'. 160 with I'^i^f. 209: the latter ( 

 is the simple jtod of a Mai'sh- 

 .Mari;,'old open ;d"ter rijx'in'ui:, and 

 the seeds fallen, so beconn'n;; a. 

 le.if ;i^';iin, ;is it Wei'e. Some such 

 pods ;dso split down the back as 

 well ;is down the inner side; that 

 is, alonfj what answers to the mi«lrib of the leaf; as do pea-poils (Vv'. an). 



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