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and even edible when they are ripe. It is for this 
reason that by far the larger number of medicinal 
fruits are collected in the fully developed but unripe 
condition. 
KEY FOR THE STUDY OF FRUITS. 
I. Entire Fruits. 
1. Not more than 10 mm. long (exclusive of the stalk). 
A. Cremocarps. 
a. Hairy. 
Slender pedicel, 4-10 mm. long Anisum 
b. Nearly smooth. 
a. Mericarps more or less united. 
Nearly globular Coriandrum 
Oblong or cylindrical Foeniculum 
(9. Mericarps usually separate. 
Odor and taste aromatic Carum 
Odor peculiar Conium 
B. Dry drupes. 
a. Hairy. 
Pericarp reddish Rhus Glabra 
b. Not hairy. 
a. Coarsely reticulate. 
Slender pedicels, 5-7 mm. long Cubeba 
Stalk wanting Piper 
/S. Not reticulate. 
Inferior drupe . Pimenta 
2. Between 10 and 40 mm. long. 
Berry Capsicum 
Capsule Cardamomum 
Drupe Prunum 
Strobile Humulus 
3. More than 40 mm. long. 
Berry Colocynthis 
Indehiscent legume Cassia Fistula 
Pod Vanilla 
Syconium Ficus 
II. Parts of Fruits. 
1. Outer rind. 
A. Fresh. 
From sweet oranges Aurantii Dulcis Cortex 
From lemons Limonis Cortex 
