FHUIT. 



97 



f 



125 



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4. FolicuJus, onccclled, one or many 

 srcdod, one valved, superior, deliiscont by 

 a suture along its face, and bcarino- its 

 seeds at the base, or on each tnar'nn of 

 the suture, fig. 125. 



KxanipJc, Pcconia. 



5. Legumcn, one-celled, one or many 

 seeded, two valved, superior, dehiscent l)y 

 a suture along both its fiice and its back, 

 and boai'inn; its seeds on each inarjiin of 



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the ventral suture, fig. 126. 

 Rean. Pea, Arc. 



127 



?51' 



6. Lomentum differs from tlie legumcn in be- 

 ing contracted in the space between each seed, 

 and tlien separating into distinct pieces, fig. 127. 



Example. Hedysarum. 



Class 2. AGGREGATL 



Fruit Aggregate. Ovaria strictly simple ; more 

 than a aingle series produced by each Jiower. 



1. /J/rrr/o, ovaries distinct ; P^r-^on 

 icarp indehiscent, either dry upon a 

 dry receptacle, a.-- Strawberry, or 

 fleshv upon a dry recptacle as Ru- 

 bus, "fig. 123. 



8. Syncarpivm, ovaries cohering into a solid 

 mass, with a slender receptacle. 



Example. Magnolia. 



9. Cynarrhodum^ ovaries distinct, pericarp hard, enclosed 

 '.vithiD the fleshy tube of the calyx. • 



Kramples. Rosa, Calycanthus. 



Class 3. SYXCARPI. 

 fVj//7 compound, Oixiria compound. 



Sec. 1, Fruit Supekior. 



A. Pericarpium dry. 



\i). Caryopsisy one celled, one seeded, superior, indehiscent, 



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