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Fig. 49. — Myzodendron. (After Hooker.) 



CHAPTER IV. 



In a very large number of cases the diffusion of 

 seeds is effected by animals. To this class belong 

 the fruits and berries. In them an outer fleshy 

 portion becomes\pulpy, and generally sweet, inclosing 

 the seeds. It is remarkable that such fruits, in order, 

 doubtless, to attract animals, are, like flowers, brightly 

 coloured — as, for instance, the Cherry, Currant, Apple, 

 Peach, Plum, Strawberry, Raspberry, and many others. 

 This colour, moreover, is not present in the unripe 

 fruit, but is rapidly developed at maturity. In such 

 cases the actual seed is generally protected by a 



