COMPOUND FRUITS. 538 
80. When several ovaries are combined together and 
form one body, the fruit is said to be compound. The 
most familiar examples of this kind are seen in the 
Orange, Violet, Mignionette, Wallflower, Apple, Horse 
Chesnut, &e. 
The following are the principal forms of the compound 
Sruit. 
81. The Pome, as in the Apple, and Pear, in which 
there are five carpels (f. 11. ov.), surrounded by a 
fleshy, or thick mass (a.), called the apple, or eatable 
portion; the ovaries form the core, or parchment-like 
part in the centre containing the pips or seeds; while 
the white mass outside, is the calyx thickened and 
united to the ovaries; which may be ascertained by 
examining the top of the Apple or Pear, where the 
teeth of the calyx will be found remaining in the form 
of a crown (ce. f. 12.); and by watching the Pear, or 
Apple flower from the time when the fruit becomes set 
until it is ripe. At the period of the flower, the 
ovaries will be seen to be lodged in the calyx, which 
gradually enlarging at length unites with them. 
82. The Berry, as the Currant, and Gooseberry, in 
which two or three ovaries are combined and united to 
the calyx, which crowns them with its teeth ; the seeds 
will be found mixed with a pulpy juice, and fixed to 
the sides of the fruit by long cords; (f. 9. and 10. e. 
the crown or teeth of the calyx; s. the seeds). 
The fruit also of the Gourd and Cucumber, closely 
resembles the Berry. 
83. The Capsule consists of a number of dry 
combined carpels, which open at maturity : example, 
