56 AUSTRALIAN BOTANY. 



Fig. G.— FRUIT OF TRUE FUCHSIA. 



A, longitudinal section of fruit magnified, showing seeds attached to 

 placenta ; 3, funiculus minute ; B, cross section of fruit ; D, seed 

 magnified. 



The classification of fruits is a matter upon which 

 botanists often differ. Desvaux described 45, Dr. Lindley 

 36, Dumortier 33, Richard 24, Mirbel 21, Geartner 13, and 

 Linnaeus 5 kinds. It will, however, only be necessary for 

 the student to study those mentioned in the above lesson 

 to enable him to gain a fair knowledge of the principal 

 forms of fruits. 



LESSON VIII. 

 ACOTYLEDONS. 



The preceding lessons have been devoted to the conside- 

 ration of plants belonging to two of the three great classes 

 or divisions. 



Acotyledons — signifying without cotyledons — form the 

 remaining division. 



Plants belonging to this class are so different from those 

 of the other two divisions as really to form a distinct branch 

 of botanical study. It was therefore considered advisable 

 to make them the subject of a separate lesson. 



