14:8 THE FRUIT 



calyx tulje completel}' incorporated with it, as in the Goose- 

 berry and Pear (Fig. 259). 



Afi'irefirtte, when a cluster of carpels of the same flower 

 are crowded into a mass ; as in 

 Kaspberries and Blackberries (Fig. 

 256). 



Accessory, when tlie snrroundings 



or supports of the pistil make up 



"?// / a part of the mass. In an accessory 



fruit such as the Strawberry the great 



,,-. „ .. , „ , mass is receptacle (Fig. 156). 



Joo. bectiou of a Peach. ^ \ a J 



Multiple or collective, when formed 

 from several flowers consolidated into one mass, of which 

 the common receptacle or axis of 

 inflorescence, the floral eiive- iSV'5 

 lopes, and even the bracts, etc., 7^ 

 make a part. A ^Iull)erry (Fig. 

 257, which superficially muclr <§; 

 resembles a Blackberry) is of f^'^'^^ 

 tins multiple sort. A Pineapple "* *" 



,, , 256. Aggregate fruit of the 



IS anotlier example. Blackberry: consisting 



Stone fruits, or drupaceous '^^ ^ number of ripened 



,,. -^.^"^ pistils crowded on a 



(tig. 2.0.5), the outer part flesby tieshy receptacle. At 



like a berry, the inner hard or ^^^ "e"^*. ""e of the in- 



dividual fruits (a drupe) 

 stony, like a nut , and further enlarged. 



Dry fruits (Fig. 266), those 257. Multiple fruit of the Mul- 

 which have no flesh or pulp. 



314. In reference to the splitting apart of the pericarp 

 for the liberation of tlie seeds, fruits are said to be 



Dehiscent, when the}' open regularly along certain lines. 

 A dehiscent fruit almost always contains many or several 

 seeds, or at least more than one seed (Fig. 267). 



IndeJnscent, when they do not oj^en at maturity. Fleshy 

 fruits and stone fruits are of course indehiscent. The 

 seed becomes free only through decay or by being fed 

 upon by animals. (Jf dry fruits also many are indehiscent. 



315. The principal kinds of fruits which have received 

 distiucli\e names are the following ; — 



