Fruits 



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at the top of each carpel. Alesembrianthemum has a curious 



I. II. in. 



Fig. 175. — I. Wallflower (C/^f«-a/!//nM Cheiri). Siliqua. U. Silicula of 

 Cochlearia open and showing the seeds attached to the replum. III. Lomen- 

 tum of Raphaniis. {From I hom^ and Bennett's " .Structural and Physiological 

 Botany ".) 



fruit. The capsule is below the flower, and has from five to 



I. II. III. 



Fig. 176.— I. Diagram of a loculicidal capsule. II. Diagram of a septi- 

 cidal capsule. III. Diagram of a septifragal capsule. (From ThomL^ and 

 Bennett's " Structural and Ph3'siological Botany".) 



twenty carpels. The seeds are borne near the base of the car- 

 pels on long cords or funicles. The flowers open in the sun- 



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