THE FRUIT. 



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Fig. 79. 



Fig. 79. — Schizocarp of the 



Nagashirami 



(Osmorhiza japonica). 



are syncarpous and burst open, 

 as in the Kabura (see Fig. 77), 

 Matsubabotan (Portulaca gran- 

 diflora) (Fig. 78), and Tsubaki; 

 and others are also syncarpous 

 and separate into their consti- 

 tuent carpels without opening, as 

 in the Ninjin and Nagashirami 

 (Fig. 79). In the first case the 

 fruit is called the Follicle ; in the 

 second, the Legume ; in the third, 

 the Capsule,; and in the last, the 

 Schizocarp. 



{Follicle. 

 Legume. 

 C 1 

 Schizocarp. 



Among indehiscent dry monothalamic fruits, some have 

 hard pericarps and are usually one-seeded, as in the Shira- 



Fig. 80. 



Fig. 81. 



Fig. 82. 



Fig. 83. 



Fig. 80.— Nut of 



the Shirakashi 



(Quercus glauca). 



Fig. 81. — Indehis- 

 cent capsule of 

 the Togarashi 

 (Capsicum, longum). 



Fig. 82.— Grain 

 of the Ine. 



Fig. 83. — Grain 



of the Omugi 



(Hordeum 



vulgare). 



