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remaining attached at their apex to the filiform carpophore 
(Fig. 318), or in the maple (Fig. 319); or it may divide 
Fic. 320.— Tri- Fic. 321. — Quad- Fic. 322.— Quinquepartite schizocarp of 
partite schizo- rirartite — schizo- Geranium robertianum ; 1. the imma- 
carp of Tvopeo- carp of Ajuga, ture pistil ; II. the mature fruit. 
lune. consisting of four 
| nucules, 
cailed zucules, and the entire schizocarp a carcerulus|; or 
into five as in Geranium (Fig. 322); or a larger number as in 
the schizocarp at right angles to the axis of 
yp the flower occurs in some Leguminose and 
Cruciferee of the suborder Lomentacez, where 
the fruit is called a /omentum (Fig. 324). 
Fic. 323. — Multi- Passing to indehiscent fruits :—in the drupe 
ae ect or stone-fruit the various layers of which 
the pericarp consists develope in a different 
manner, the mesocarp (sarcocarp) becoming softer and more 
succulent, the endocarp (putamen) harder, dry and woody, 
and forming the stone which encloses the kernel. The con- 
sistency of the mesocarp, however, differs greatly; in the 
peach, plum, and cherry (Fig. 325 ©) it is very soft and ‘a 
succulent ; in the cocoa-nut (Fig. 305, p. 148) it is fibrous; 
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into three as in Zuphorbia-and Tropaeolum (Fig. 320) 3 Oly a 
into four as in Labiate (Fig. 321), [where they are often 
Malva (Fig. 323). A transverse splitting of | 
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