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fruit possessing a thin pericarp, w Lib is closely adher- 
ent to the thin seed coats, as in wheat, corn and other 
Graminese. 
A Cremocarp is a dry indehiscent fruit which consists 
of two inferior achenes, known as mericarps; these are 
separated from each other by means of a stalk known 
as a carpophore. This fruit is characteristic of the 
Umbelliferse. 
A Drupe is a fleshy, indehiscent fruit with a more or 
less succulent and well-developed sarcocarp and an 
indurated endocarp. Drupes are superior when free 
from the calyx, as in prune; inferior when they pos- 
sess an adherent calyx, as in pimenta. Drupes are 
also spoken of as “ dry ” when the sarcocarp is less 
succulent, as in rhus glabra, or Avhen they are col- 
lected unripe, as in pepper and cubeb. The fruits of 
the raspberry and blackberry consist of a collection of 
little drupes, the whole being known as an etaBrio. In 
the blackberry the drupelets cohere with the fleshy 
receptacle, while in the raspberry the drupelets cohere 
with one another and are separable from the receptacle. 
A Follicle is a dry dehiscent fruit which consists of 
one or more separate carpels, the dehiscence being usu- 
ally along the ventral suture : in Delphinium the car- 
pels are single; in aconite there are from three to five 
carpels, and in illicium from seven to eight; in mag- 
nolia the carpels are numerous, more or less succulent 
and dehisce along the dorsal suture. 
A Galbalus is a berry-like fruit, formed by the coales- 
cence of fleshy, open scales, as in juniper. 
A Hesperidium is a fleshy, indehiscent, superior fruit, 
in which the pericarp is more or less coriaceous, and 
from the inner walls of which secretion hairs develop, 
which contain sugar and an acid cell sap, these consti- 
tuting the fleshy portion in which the seeds are 
imbedded, as in orange and lemon. 
