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ORGANOGRAPHY. 
BOOK I. 
VII. El jEiiiOy Mirb. — (" Polychorion, A/i>6. Voljsecus, Besvaux ; Amalthea, 
Desv. ; Erythrostomum, Z)esm^^a?). ^0^. 162. 
Ovaries distinct ; pericarpia indehiscent, either dry upon a dry receptacle, as 
Ranunculus, dry upon a fleshy receptacle, as strawberry, or fleshy upon a 
dry receptacle, as Rubus. The last is very near the syncarpium, from which 
it differs in the ovaria not coalescing into a single mass. It is Desvaux's 
Erythrostomuni. This term is applied less strictly by M. Mirbel, who admits 
into it dehiscent pericarpia, not placed upon an elevated receptacle, as Delphi- 
nium and Paeonia ; but the fruit of these plants is better understood to be a 
union of several foUicules within a single flower. If there is no elevated 
receptacle, we have Desvaux's Amalthea. The parts of an Etaerio are 
Achenia. 
Examples. Ranunculus, Fragaria, Rubus. 
VIII. Syncarpium. — (Syncarpium, jRic/i. ; A.i.\m\nsi, Desv.) 
Ovaries cohering into a solid mass, with a slender receptacle. 
Examples- Annona, Magnolia. 
IX. Cynarrhodum. — ( Cynarrhodum, Officin. Desvaux.) 
Ovaries distinct j pericarpia hard, indehiscent, enclosed within the fleshy 
tube of a calyx, 
Exa?nples. Rosa, Calycanthus. 
Class III. Fruit compound. SYNCARPI. 
Ovaria compound. 
Sect. 1. Fruit superior. 
A. Pericarpium dry. 
X. Caryopsis. — ( Cariopsis, i?tc/i. ; C&r'xo, Mirb.) 
One celled, one-seeded, superior, indehiscent, dry, w ith the integuments of 
the seed cohering inseparably with the endocarpium, so that the two are undis- 
tinguishable ; in the ovarium state evincing its compound nature by the pre- 
sence of two or more stigmata ; but nevertheless unilocular, and having but 
one ovulum. 
Examples. Wheat, Barley, Maize. 
XI. — Regma, Mirb. ; — (Elaterium, Rich. ; Capsula tricocca, L.) 
Three or more celled, few-seeded, superior, dry, the cells bursting from the 
axis with elasticity into two valves. The outer coat is frequently softer than 
the endocarpium or inner coat, and separates from it when ripe ; such regmata 
are drupaceous. The cells of this kind of fruit are called cocci. 
Example. Euphorbia. 
XII. Carcerulus, MtrJ. ; — (Dieresilis, MVi. ; Caenobio, Mirb.; Synochorion, 
Mirb.; Sterigmum, Desvaux ; Microbasis, Desvaux ; Polexostylus, 
Mirb.; Saxcohasis, Dec, Desv, ; Baccaularius, ZJesi;.) 
Many-celled, superior : cells dry, indehiscent, few-seeded, cohering by a 
common style round a common axis. From this the Dieresilis of Mirbel does 
not differ in any essential degree. The same writer calls the fruit of Labiatae 
(Jig. 162.), which Linnaeus and his followers mistake for naked seeds, Caeno- 
bio : it differs from the Carcerulus in nothing but the low insertion of the style 
into the ovaria, and the distinctness of the latter. 
Examples. Tilia, Tropaeolum, Malva. 
