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Here follows the classification offered in Webster's " New International 
Dictionary " : 
[Cypsela is the special name sometimes given to the fruit of the Compositae 
(Daisy Family). It is a form of achene. 
It will be observed that Lament is separated from Legume, which seems un- 
necessary. 
The position of Strobile is suggestive, and also the relegation of the Etaerw and 
Pome to the category of "Spurious fruits."] 
rlndehiscent 
o[ ' 'frue Fruits 
X| 
f" Achene. 
Monocarpellary < Utricle. 
(jDrupe. 
.Polycarpellary . 
"Cypsela. 
Caryopsis. 
Nut. 
Schizocarp. 
Berry. 
_Pepo. j v 
-Dehiscent 
Spurious Fruits 
Collective Fruits 
(Webster.) 
fFollicle. 
f Monocarpellary J Legume.--: 
^Loment. 
/'Capsule. 
I Silique. 
[Polycarpellary K g^fe 
(^Strobile. 
TEtaerio. 
" \Pome. 
fSorosis. 
1 \Synconus.- 
L INDEHISCENT DRY FRUITS 
Nut. 
Achene. ''! 
Caryopsis. 
Samara. 
The Nut is dry and one-seeded and the pericarp is hard and thick. 
In the Hazel-nut or Barcelona-nut the nut is surrounded by a green leathery 
partial casing or involucre. 
The Acorn (Oak, Quercus, not the Australian Oak, which is Casuarina) is a nut 
in a cup'-shaped involucre called a cupule. The calyx-tube in Eucalyptus used to b 
called a cupule by the old writers. 
