FRUIT. 



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occasionallv 



18. Ccralium, ono celled, many seeded, superior, linear, de- 

 hiscent by two valves, separating from the repliim ; seeds at- 

 tachcd to two spoil }xy placcntir, adhering to tlie repluin, and 

 altcrnato witli the lobes of the stigma. 



Example. Cory da! 's. 



19. Capsiila, one or many celled, many 

 seeded, superior, dry, do- 

 hiscent by valves, always 

 proceeding from a com- 

 pound ovarium. Tiic 

 valves arc variable in 

 their nature ; usually 

 they arc at the top of (be 

 fruit, and e«]ual in mun- 

 ber to the cells; some- 

 times twice, the number 



reseml)lc little pores or holes below the summit, 

 fig. 131 represents two forms of the capsula. 



20. A/zi/j/i/^arctz, many celled, many seeded, superior inde- 

 hiscent ; indurated or woody externally, pulpy internally. 



B. Pericarpium jleshy. 



21. Tri/ma, superior, by abortion, one celled, one seeded, 

 with a tsvo valved iiidehiscont cndocarp, and a coriaceous, or 

 fleshy valvoless sarcocarp. 



Example. Juglans. 



22. jVucu/anium. Two or more celled, ^cw or many seed- 

 ed, superior, imleliiscent, fl3shy, of the same texture through- 

 out, containing several seeds] 



Example. Grapes. 



23. llespcridium, many celled, few seeded, superior, inde- 

 hiscent, covered by a spongy separable rind, the cells easily 

 separable trom each other, and containing a mass of pulp, in 

 which the seeds arc imbedded. 



Example. Orange. 



Sec. 2. Fruit Inferior. 



A, Pericarpium dry, 



24. Glans, one celled, one or few seeded, inferior, indehis- 

 135 cent, hard, dry, proceeding from an ovarium con- 



taining several cells, and several seeds, all of 

 which are aljortivc, but one or two, seated in that 

 kind of an involucrum called a cupule, fig. 135. 

 Examples. Quercus. Castanea. 

 25. Cypsela. One seeded, one celled, indehis. 

 cent with the intejruments of the seed not cober- 



