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INTRODUCTION TO BOTANY. 
Beak, Rostrum. Cornu clavatum. The upright points 
of the horns. Stapelia. 
Wing, Ala, Appendix ; A compressed appendage on the 
back of the stylotegium. Stapelia. 
Tongues, Lingulce . Appendages from the bottom of the 
stylotegium, alternating with the horns, and resting upon 
the corolla. Stapelia. 
Shield, Scutum . A circular disk surrounding the stylo- 
tegium. Stapelia. 
FRUIT. 
Fructus, — carpon. The ovary arrived at its maturity. 
General Distinctions. 
Simple, Fructus simplex. Coming from a single ovary. 
Cerasus. 
Compound, compositus, multiplex . Arising from several 
ovaries, all belonging to the same flower. Rubus. 
Aggregated, aggregatus. Arising from several ovaries 
originally belonging to different flowers. Morus. 
Autocarpicus. Growing without adhering to any organs, 
or being covered by them. 
Heterocar picus. Conjoined to other parts that alter its 
appearance. 
Pseudocar picus. Hidden by the surrounding parts, which 
appear to constitute the fruit itself. 
If Gymnocarpicus. Naked, without any cover. Cerasus. 
An giocar picus. Enclosed in a cover, either a cupule, Quer- 
cus ; aggregated bractese, Pinus, Larix ; or an involucrum, 
Composite. 
Carpelle, Carpellum , Chorion. The separate parts of a 
compound fruit arising from each ovary. 
Carpidium. The separate fruits, in an aggregated fruit, 
that arise from each flower. 
Pericarp, V ericarpium,- Concept aculum seminum. That 
part of the fruit that contains the seeds. 
Induvice , Induvice florales, Folliculi. Parts of the flowers 
that remain and accompany the pericarp. 
