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4i; 445 448 444 



Fruits. 441, EtiErio of Riibus strigosus (Blackberry). 442, Pepo ; section of cucumber. 449, 

 Berry, Grape. 443, Pome, Cratiegus (Haw). 444, Pyxis of .Jeffersonia. 445, Legume of Pea. 

 446, Loment of BeBmodium. 44T, Silique of SinapiS. 443, Silicle of Capsella. 



is a mass of confluent, closed pericarps on a lengthened torus (cucunv 

 ber tree). 



580. The fig (sycOTius) is an aggregate fruit, consisting of numer- 

 ous seed-like pericarps inclosed within a hollow, fleshy receptacle where 

 the flowers were attached. 



581. Othek confluent fruits (sorosis) consist of the entire in- 

 florescence developed into a mass of united pericarps, as -in the mul- 

 berry, osage-orange, pine-apple. 



451 450 462 449, bis. 



44», bis, Strobile of Pinus. 450, The Fig (syeonus). 451, Sorosis of Mulberry. 462, HipofEoea, 

 aclimia nearly inclosed in the leathery calyx tube. 



