ANGIOSPERMS 239 
called the Leguminose, a legume being a special kind of 
pod (Fig. 229). When a pod is derived from a compound 
pistil, forming a fruit of several cham- 
bers, it is more commonly called a cap- 
sule; and capsules differ from one an- 
other in the way the chambers are 
opened (Fig. 230). 
b. Indehiscent fruits.—The most com- 
mon form of dry fruits that do not open 
is that in which the modified ovary wall 
invests the solitary seed so closely that 
the fruit looks like a seed, and is com- 
monly called a seed. The grain of cere- 
als is such a seed-like fruit, as is also the 
akene of sun-flowers, dandelions, etc. fre. B81, Khene at 
(Fig. 231), dandelion, which ta- 
pers above into a 
(2) FLesHy FRuITS.—In some cases __ long beak bearing a 
the whole ovary becomes a thin-skinned oe ears 
pulpy mass in which the seeds are em- 
bedded, as the grape, currant, gooseberry, tomato, etc., 
such a fruit being a berry. Modifications of the berry are 
seen in such fruits as the orange 
and the lemon, in which the skin 
is leathery; and in such fruits as 
melons and pumpkins, which be- 
come covered with a hard rind. 
Very distinct from these are the 
stone-fruits (drupes), as peach, plum, 
cherry, etc., in which the ovary wall 
se age I rca ripens in two layers, the inner one 
formed from ovary wall being very hard, forming the “stone,” 
eer cee Hei and the outer one being pulpy (Fig. 
232). In general, fleshy fruits do not 
open; but the banana is a peculiar fleshy fruit that de- 
hisces. 
