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INTRODUCTION TO BOTANY. 
Hip. 
Cynarhodon. Fruit composed of several small utricles 
enclosed in the calyx , which grows fleshy after the fecunda- 
tion is over. Rosa. PL 1 8, fig. 2. 
Amalthea. 
Fruit similar to the hip , but the calyx does not become 
fleshy. Agrimoniaceae. PL 18, fig. 3. 
PoLVCHLORION. 
Polychlorio, Polychorionides, Polysecus. Fruit com- 
posed of several cariopsides or akenia united together on a 
receptacle. Ranunculaceae, Dryadeae. PL 18, fig. 4. 
AGGREGATED FRUITS. 
Fructus aggregati. Fruits composed of many simple 
pericarpia united together , the form of ivhich is concealed or 
altered by the floral leaves , which frequently grow larger 
after the fecundation, and unite with some part of the fruit. 
Sorose. 
Syncarpa, Sorosus. Fruit composed of several fleshy 
utricles , united together by succulent floral leaves. PL 18* 
fig. 6, 8. 
Oblong, Sorosus oblongus. Movus. 
Oval, ellipsoideus . Artocarpus incisa. 
Ovoid, ovoideus . Rromelia Ananas. 
The nature of the pericarpia and the floral leaves must 
be noted. 
Fig. 
Ficus, Syconus. Fruit composed of several carcerules or 
drupeoles , united upon a fleshy and succulent involucre. PL 1 8, 
fig IX. 
Flat, Syconus planus. Dorstenia. 
Hemispherical, hemisphcericus. Ambora. 
Pearshape, pyrformis , turbinatus. Ficus carica, Ambora. 
Sphserical, sphcericus , glohosus. Ficus. 
The form and nature of the pericarpia must be noted. 
