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seeds floating in it. Such fruits are called berries. Other 
fruits, such as the Raspberry and Blackberry, are really 
collections of tiny fruits, and are called collective fruits. 
Others, however, popularly called fruits, are not really fruits 
in the true sense of the word. Such are the Fig, Straw- 
berry, Pineapple, Mulberry, &c. The Strawberry is a 
greatly enlarged recep- 
tacle which becomes 
succulent, bearing the 
true fruits as little seed- 
like bodies on the out- 
side. The Fig is also 
an enlarged receptacle 
which becomes succu- 
lent, but it is hollow, 
and bears the true fruits 
as seed-like bodies in 
the inside. The Pine- 
apple and Mulberry are 
simply the perianth 
leaves which become 
fleshy, forming what is 
All such fruits are known as 
Fig— Twig with Inflorescence of the Fig 
commonly called the fruit, 
pseudocarps or false fruits. 
So far we have been studying plant life generally. 
There are many kinds of plants. They can, however, be 
roughly divided into three classes: (i) Annuals; (2) bien- 
nials; and (3) perennials. 
