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Fig. 317. 

 Mulberry fruit. 



ments. A gland -like body in the center 

 suggests a rudiment of a pistil. 



365. The pistillate catkin is shown 

 in Fig. 316. The flower has two styles, 

 and four sepals which adhere closely 

 to the ovary. 



366. A mulberry fruit is shown in 

 Fig. 317. It is composed of as many 

 parts as -there were pistils in the pis- 

 tillate catkin. The stigmas seem to 



have disappeared, but the sepals have persisted; 

 in fact, it is the thickened and fleshy sepals which 

 comprise most of the edible part of the fruit. 



The mulberry fruit, therefore, is an 



entire flower - cluster . 



366a. The mulberry is 

 an example of what is 

 called a multiple or col- 

 lective fruit. Look at the 

 pineapple. 



366!/. A mulberry looks 

 like a blackberry. How do 

 they differ ? 



367. Figs are 

 shown in Fig. 318. 

 They arise from the 

 axils of leaves, as 

 normal branches do. pjq. 319 



Each fig is an Obo- Pruit of Sg in section. 



Fig. 318. 

 Fruits of fig. 



