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A Samara is a winged splitting fruit. It may be one-carpelled 
as in the Elm, Ash, Tulip Poplar and Wafer Ash or two-carpelled 
,as in the Maples, Fig. 100 (3 and 4). 
A Lomentum or Loment is a splitting fruit that splits transversely 
into one-seeded portions. Seen in Cruciferce, in Entada scandens , 
Cdthartocarpus Fistula , Desmodium , etc. of Leguminosce , Fig. 100 (5). 
Fig. ioo. —Schizocarpic fruits, i, Cremocarp of Fennel, composed of two 
mericarps (m) and a split carpophore (c); 2, carcerulus of the Bugle; 3, one-car¬ 
pelled samara of the Ash; 4, double samara of the maple; 5, loment of purging 
cassia, a portion of the pericarp being removed to show chambers, each containing 
a single seed. , 
III. Achenial Fruits (all indehiscent).—The Akene is a dry one- 
chambered, indehiscent fruit, in which the pericarp is firm and may 
or may not be united with the seed, the style remaining in many 
cases as an agent of dissemination, Fig. 101 (1). The latter may 
be long and feathery as in Clematis or be hooked. Examples of 
akenes: Fruits of the Compositce , Anemone , etc. The Hip of the 
