BOTANY. 



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FOLLICULUM. 



Legumen. 



Dehiscent. 



f À follicle is a carpel opening longitudinally 

 J by the ventral suture ; pericarp not fleshy, 

 [ often foliaceous. [Ranunculus.] 



f A legume is a carpel unique and opening 

 longitudinally in two valves, both at the 

 dorsal and ventral suture ; pericarp but lit- 

 tle or not at all fleshy, of an elongated form, 

 and compressed at the sides. [Bean, Aca- 

 cia.] 



Drupa. 



Non Dehiscent. 



f A drupe is a mesocarp fleshy ; endocarp 

 ! coriaceous or bony ; carpel generally single 



in each flower, with one or two seeds. 



[Peach, Plum.] 



Or grain is an indéhiscent carpel, bony, 

 generally small, containing a single grain, not 

 Ach^nium <{ united with the pericarp. The Strawberry 

 j is an accumulation of small grains upon a 

 [fleshy torus. 



Class IL Syncarps. 



Composite fruits formed of two or more carpels of the same 

 flower united. Two orders. Those fastened to the calyx, 

 and those not fastened to the calyx. The first order has two 

 sections, dehiscent and non dehiscent. 



Non Dehiscent. 



Pericarp one-celled, by abortion, termi- 

 nated in the flower by two or three stigmata, 

 j and united with a single seed. [Wheat, 

 [Maize.] 



Cariopsis. 



Samara. 



f Compartments projecting externally under 

 the form of dorsal wings, from a dry, indé- 

 hiscent, two or more celled fruit. [Maple, 



[Ash.] ' 



