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Pome. — A fleshy or succulent fruit, indehiscent, with 

 many cells, few seeds : — Apple, quince, pear, loquat. 



Drupe. — A pulpy, indehiscent stone fruit : — Cherry, plum, 

 peach, olive, apricot, nectarine, English laurel, almond. 



In these, beside the epicarp, sarcocarp, and endocarp 

 (see previous remarks), there is the inner dry and often 

 hard endocarp, called the putamen of the kernel. 



The putamen may consist of several nuts or stones, each 

 enclosing a seed, in which case they are called pyrenes. 



Bacca. — A berry, the seeds becoming loose from the 

 placenta — part to which the seeds are attached by the 

 funiculus (cord) — as the fruit ripens : — Currant, grape, goose- 

 berry, tomato, barberry, potato, chilli, kangaroo apple, native 

 gooseberry, Cactus, English holly, English myrtle, Fuchsia. 



Pepo. — Which, strictly speaking, is also a berry, is gene- 

 rally a large pulpy fruit with hard or thickened rind, one- 

 celled, many-seeded : — Gourd, melon, cucumber, pumpkin, 

 vegetable marrow. 



Follicle. — A pod-like fruit, formed by a single carpel {leaf 

 forming the pistil or part of which the fi'iiit is formed) 

 dehiscing by one side only (ventral suture) : — Larkspur, 

 columbine, flame tree, Australian bottle tree, Paeony, silky 

 oak (Grevillea). 



Capsule. — A dry fruit, variously opening by valves, lid, 

 teeth, or pores : — Aloe, Victorian laurel, poppy, thorn 

 apple, violet, native tea tree, Eucalyptus. 



Glans or Nut. — A dry, single-seeded, one-celled fruit, 

 generally contained in a cup : — Acorn, hazel. 



Samara or Winged Seed. — A sort of nut, having two or 



