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ORGANOGRAPHY. 
BOOK I. 
XXXI. Balausta. — (Balausta, Officiii. Rick.) 
Many-celled, many-seeded, inferior, indehiscent; the seeds with a pulpy 
coat, and attached distinctly to their placentae. The rind was called Malicoriura 
by Ruellius. 
Example. Pomegranate. 
Class IV. Collective Fruits. Axthocarpi. 
Fruit of which the principal characters are derived from the thickened floral 
envelopes. 
XXXII. DiCLEsiuM. — (Dyclesium, Desvaux ; Scleranthum, Mcench ; Catacle- 
sium, Desvaux ; Sacellus, Mirb.) 
Pericarpium indehiscent, one-seeded, enclosed within an indurated perian- 
thium. 
Examples. Mirabilis, Spinacia, Salsola. 
XXXIII. Sphalerocarfum. — (Sphalerocarpum, Desv. ; Nux baccato of 
authors.) 
Pericarpium indehiscent, one seeded, enclosed within a fleshy perianthium. 
Examples. Hippophae, Taxus, Blitum, Basella. 
XXXIV. Sycoxus. — (Syconus, M>6.) 
A fleshy rachis, having the form of a flattened disk, or of a hollow receptacle, 
with distinct flowers and dry pericarpia. 
Examples. Ficus, Dorstenia, Ambora. 
XXXV. Sthobilus, Cone (Conus, or Strobilus, Rich., Mirb. ; Galbulus 
Gcertn. ; Arcesthide, Desvaux ; Cachrys, Fuchs ; Pilula, Flint/), 
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An amentum, the carpella of which are scale-like, spread open, and bear 
naked seeds; sometimes the scales are thin, with little cohesion ; but they often 
are woody, and cohere into a single tuberculated mass. 
The Galbulus differs from the Strobilus only in being round, and having 
the heads of the carpella much enlarged. The fi*uit of the Juniper is a Gal- 
bulus, with fleshy coalescent carpella. Desvaux calls it Arcesthide, 
Example. Pinus. 
XXXVI. SoRosis. — ( Sorosis, Afiri.) 
A spike or raceme converted into a fleshy fruit by the cohesion in a single 
mass of the ovaria and floral envelopes. 
Examples. Ananassa, Morus, Artocarpus. 
