BOTANY. 



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POMUM. 



Pepo. 



Fleshy. 



f Several indéhiscent carpels, with a carti- 

 laginous or bony pericarp, enveloped by a 

 fleshy calyx, united with them, and indéhis- 

 cent. The remains of the stamens and the 

 lobes of the calyx are seen at the upper por- 

 tion. [Apple, Pear.] 



Several verticillated carpels, forming a 

 one-celled fleshy fruit, to the internal walls 

 of which the seeds are attached. [Melon, 

 Gourd.] 



A many celled fruit, with calyx and peri- 

 carp pulpy, indéhiscent ; seeds surrounded 

 with pulp, and easily separated from their 

 [point of attachment. [Gooseberry, Grape.] 



Class III. Poly ant ho carps. 



Fruits aggregated by the approximation or junction of many 

 flowers. 



f Or cone is an assemblage of sessile fruits, 

 composed each of a pericarp in the form of a 

 convex scale, and of seeds situated at the base 

 [of the pericarp. [Pine, Fir.] 



Bacca. 



Strobilus 



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Syconus. 



SORUS. 



A concave, fleshy receptacle, surrounding, 

 more or less, small distinct fruits, and pro- 

 ceeding from a multitude of flowers. [Fig.] 



Carpels of several flowers united by the 

 circumjacent floral envelopes, bractes and 

 j floral axes adhering together. [Anana, 

 [JB read-Fruit, Mulberry.] 



The Seed. 



The seed is that part of a perfect fruit which is to repro- 

 duce a new vegetable. No naked seeds exist, strictly speak- 

 ing ; but the pericarp is sometimes so fine, and adheres so 

 closely to the seed, that it is with difficulty distinguished, 

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