176 Plants and their Ways in South Africa 



Tripteris, Triaspis, Dodunaea, Combretiim (Roodeblad), 

 and Portulacaria (Spekboom) have winged fruits. 



A winged Iruit is a samara. 



In the truit of the grasses the ovary wall and the seed-coat 

 become attached to each other. On the grain of Maize a little 

 [)oint on one side indicates the place where the style, the silk, 

 was borne. 



A dry one-seeded fruit in which the ovary wall and seed- 

 coat are attached is called a caryopsis. 



A dry fruit which splits into several portions each contain- 



1''|G. 169. — Samara of Conibretum. 



ing a seed is a schizocarp. Some of the Aftj/vaa'ir have this 

 fruit. It is found ui the fruit of the (jeranium family, the 

 Euplwrtnas, the Uinbellifertx, Labiata, and others. 



Schizocarps are of various kinds. They may be two, three, 

 or many parted. They may retain the seed or let it escape. 



