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MORPHOLOGY 



seeds. In Strawberry the thalamus grows into a 



swollen rounded 

 mass with the seed- 

 like fruits scattered 

 on it (fig. 134). All 

 such fruits are 

 termed spurious 

 or false, as portions 

 other than the 

 ovary take an im- 

 portant part in their 

 formation. Fruits 

 which are formed 

 from the ovary 

 alone are therefore 



A 

 Fig:. 133.— Hip of the Rose 



A, Whole fruit. H, Longitudinal section. 



called TRUE by way of distinction 



Fruits like Pine-apple, 

 bet, aswathwa, dumur 

 (see fig. 72), dale or 

 madar, Jack -fruit (fig. 

 135), toont or Mulberry, 



Fig'. 134. — Section of 

 Strawberry 



Fig. T35-— Jack-fruit {^WocffT^z^s 

 iaitegrifolia) 



m.s., Male spike, f.s., female spike. 



and kia are formed by the perianth of a large number 

 of flowers growing together with their ovaries and 



