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adherent torus. Quince, Apple and Pear are examples. The car¬ 
pels constitute the core, and the fleshy part is developed from the 
torus, Fig. 103 (2). 
Fig. 103. —1. Drupe of cocoanut cut vertically, showing epicarp ( e ), mesocarp 
( m ), stony endocarp ( d ) seed coat (5), endosperm {end), and embryo sac cavity 
(e.s.) which in the mature seed contains a nutritive fluid. 2. Pome of an apple 
cut vertically to show core composed of 5 ripened carpels and flesh of matured 
torus. 3, Eaetrio of raspberry. 4, Same, cut vertically to show arrangement of 
the little drupes on fleshy receptacle. 
Fig. 104. —Multiple fruits. 1, Syconium of Fig cut vertically to show hollowed 
out receptacle ( r ) of ripened flower cluster; 2, strobile of the hop; 3, galbalus of 
Juniper. 
Aggregate Fruits.— An Etaerio consists of a collection of little 
drupes on a torus of a single flower. Examples: Raspberry, Black¬ 
berry, etc., Fig. 103 (3 and 4). 
