OF THE FRUIT. 



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Second Division : Fruits indehiscent, one-seeded, ieshy ; 

 namelj, Dkupe, Tkyma, Etjerio. 



Third Division : Fruits indehiscent, several-seeded ; name- 

 ly, Beeby, Pepo, Pome. 



168. The acKenium is such a fruit as we find in Butter- 

 cups, Anemone, Sage. Usually there are several produced 

 together from one flower. We must not mistake them for 

 seeds.* They are pericarps, each inclosing one seed, as you 

 see in the figures. The grain of Wheat or Corn (called cariop- 

 sis) is much the same, but the one seed cannot be separated 

 from the pericarp. 



169. The samara is mere- 

 ly an achenium with a wing, 

 as in Ash, Elm, Maple. The 

 latter fruit is a" double sa- 

 mara. 



170. A glans (or nut) is ') 

 such a fruit as Acorn, Chest- 

 nut, Hazelnut, much like 

 achenium, but larger, and 



a cup or invo- 



seated in 

 lucre. 



171. A drupe is such a 

 fleshy fruit as the Cherry 

 or Peach. It is well called 

 a*stone-fruit. The stone in- 



Fi^. 2f 9. Maple,— a double samara. 



Fig. 280. Pear,— a pepo. 



Fi^. 281. Gooseberry, cut across; an en- 



closes the one seed, and is '"""g^d vi«w> showing the seeds lying in 



itself inclosed in a juicy "'^^^"'^82. Fruit of Henbane,-a pyxis 

 pulp. with it* lid open. 



167. Please define our first division of fruits. What special fruits belong 

 to 4t ? the second, &c. ; the third, &c. 



