190 INTRODUCTION TO BOTANY. 
Hip. 
Cynarhodon. Fruit composed of several small utricles 
enclosed in the calyx, which grows fleshy after the fecunda- 
tion is over. Rosa. Pl. 18, fig. 2. 
AMALTHEA. ~ 
Fruit similar to the hip, but the calyx does not become 
fleshy. Agrimoniaceze. PI. 18, fig. 3. 
PoLyYCHLORION. 
Polychlorio, Polychorionides, Polysecus. Fruit com- 
posed of several cariopsides or akenia united hasis on a 
receptacle. Ranunculaceze, Dryadex. PI. 18, fig. 4. 
AGGREGATED FRUITS. 
Fructus aggregati. Fruits composed of many simple 
pericarpia united together, the form of which is concealed or 
altered by the floral leaves, which frequently grow larger 
after the fecundation, and unite with some part of the fruit. 
SonoseE. 
Syncarpa, Sorosus. Fruit composed of several fleshy 
utricles, united together by succulent floral leaves. Pl. 18, 
fig. 6, 8. 
Oblong, Sorosus oblongus. Morus. 
Oval, ellipsoideus. _Artocarpus incisa. 
Ovoid, ovoidews. Bromelia Ananas. 
The nature of the pericarpia and the floral leaves must 
be noted. 
Fic. 
Ficus, Syconus. Fruit composed of several carcerules or 
drupeoles, united upon a fleshy and succulent involucre. Pl.18, 
fig 11. 
Flat, Syconus planus. Dorstenia. 
Hemispherical, hemisphericus. Ambora. 
Pearshape, pyriformis, turbinatus. Ficus carica, Ambora. 
Spheerical, sphericus, globosus. Ficus. 
The form and nature of the pericarpia must be noted. 
