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CLASSIFICATION OF FRUITS. 
the beech it is wholly concealed, and also in the yew ( Tut- 
us') ; in the latter are two bracts, one enclosing the other; 
the exterior one is succulent and of an orange red ; the in- 
terior hard and w T oody, encloses the fruit. 
Here is a representation (Fig. 43) of an acorn, which is 
Fig. 43 . 
the fruit of the oak (querccs robur); it stands in a hemis- 
pherical cup, formed of imbricated scales. The pericarp, 
called a gland, is ellipsoid , coriaceous , one celled, and one 
seeded. The seed is tunicated ; the embryo is dicotyledon- 
ous ; the cotyledons are large and fleshy, a, an entire Ca- 
lybion ; b, the cup (d two abortive glands) c the gland cut 
vertically, showing the embryo near its apex. 
Fig. 44 . 
3d. Sycone (from sucon a fig). This genus 
presents fruits enclosed by a fleshy involu- 
crum or receptacle ; as the fig. Fig. 44. a, 
represents a sycone or a fig, open at the 
summit ; b the same cut transversely. 
Sycone. 
