CHAP. II. 
FRUIT. 
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Sect. 2. 
A. 
B. 
By a longitudinal suture, - - Conceptacuuim. 
By valves : 
Placentae opposite the lobes of the 
stigma: 
Linear, . - > Siliqua. 
Roundish, _ - _ Sihcula. 
Placentae alternate with the lobes of 
the stigma : 
Valves separating from the replum, Ceratium. 
Replum none, - - Capsula. 
Pericarpium fleshy ; 
Indehiscent : 
Sarcocarpium separable, - - Hesperidium. 
Sarcocarpium inseparable, - - Nuculanium. 
Dehiscent, - - - Tryma. 
Inferior : 
Pericarpium dry : 
Indehiscent : 
Cells two or more, - Cremocarpium. 
Cell one: 
Surrounded by a cupulate involucrum, Glans. 
Destitute of a cupula, - - Cypsela. 
Dehiscent or rupturing, . - - Diplotegia. 
Pericarpium fleshy : 
Epicarpium hard : 
Seeds parietal, _ _ _ Pepo. 
Seeds not parietal, _ _ _ Balausta. 
Epicarpium soft : 
Cells obliterated, or unilocular, - Bacca. 
Cells distinct, - _ _ . Pomum. 
Class IV. Collective fruits. ANTHOCARPI. 
Single : 
Perianthum indurated, dry, 
Perianthum fleshy. 
Aggregate : 
Hollow, _ - - 
Convex : 
An indurated amentum, 
A succulent spike. 
Diclesium. 
Sphalerocar- 
PIUM. 
Syconus. 
Strobilus. 
SoROSIS. 
Class I. Fruit simple. A PO CARPI. 
Ovaria strictly simple a single series only produced by a single flower. 
I. Utriculus, Gcertner. (Cystidium, Link.) 
One-celled, one- or few-seeded, superior, membranous, frequently dehiscent 
by a transverse incision. This differs from the pyxidium in texture, being strictly 
simple, i. e. not proceeding from an ovarium with obliterated dissepiments. 
Example. Amaranthus, Chenopodium. 
