VARIOUS FOOD-PLANTS 



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Fig. 9i, II. — ^AjjijIc, fruit, cut in halves vertically (.4) and across (B), show- 

 ing the withered sepals (K) once fed by the woody strands (g) which 

 pass from the woody stem below through its enlarged upper part sur- 

 rounding the core (/) or ripened pistil. (Focke.) 



Fig. 92. — Pear {Pyrn^ conununi-i, Rose i'aiuily, lioaactnf). 1, flowering 

 branch, :3, flower, cut vertically. 3, fruit, cut vertically, -^, diagram of 

 flower. (Wossidlo.) — The plant is a cree, sometimes attaining a height 

 of 25 m., and living to a great age; growing parts soon smooth; flower.s 

 white; fruit various in form and color, with the flesh gritty unless ripened 

 off" the tree. 



