FRUITS AND SEEDS 



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and bagh-anchrha (fig. 130) the calyx or perianth is 

 accrescent, that is, not only persists but grows along 

 with the fruit and forms parts of 

 it. In chalta the accrescent 5- 

 parted calyx completely encloses 

 the true fruit, and is the part of 

 th2 fruit that is edible. In hijli- 

 badam or Cashew-nut {Anacar- 

 dium occidentale) (fig. 131) the 

 fleshy peduncle is a part of the 

 fruit on the top of which grows 

 the kidney-shaped nut ; both the 

 peduncle and the kernel of the 

 nut are edible. The fruit (see 

 fig. 176) of bhala or Marking 

 Nut (Semecarpus Anacardiuni) 

 is similar, but the nut is round- 

 ish. In Guava and Apple (fig. 

 132) the fleshy enveloping thal- 

 amus, the so-called calyx-tube, 

 grows along with and forms part 



of the fruit, and this is the edible portion of the fruit. 

 In the HIP (fig. 133) or fruit of the Rose the so-called 



Fig. 131. — Fruit ot Hijli- 

 badara or the Cashew -nut 

 Tree, cut through downwards 



Fig. 132. — I, Longitudinal, and 2. Transverse Section of Apple 

 A, Seeds. B, Carpels. ^., Withered calyx-lobes, d, Fleshy thalamus. 



fruit is the jug-shaped thalamus, and the real fruits 

 line the inner wall of the jug, and look like so many 



