. Flowers of the field. Botany. INTRODUCTION XXXI Of one carpel {monocarpellary)— 1. Pod, O- legume, dry and splitting down both sides, as in the Legumiiio^ia. 2. Drupe, or stone-fruit, with a sicin, flesh, and stone, the kernel Ijeiiig the seed, as in the tribe Pruiicce of the Rosacaz. Of more than one carpel (polxcai-pellai-y)— Apocarpous (carpels distinct). 3. Etinr'o (Greek hctaims, a companion"), a collection of car] lels (//7////('/jf), each of whicli maj' be tiry, one-seeded and inJehiscent, when it is called an achene (Greek a, not; cJia'mo, I split), as in the Buttercuj), Strawbe
. Flowers of the field. Botany. INTRODUCTION XXXI Of one carpel {monocarpellary)— 1. Pod, O- legume, dry and splitting down both sides, as in the Legumiiio^ia. 2. Drupe, or stone-fruit, with a sicin, flesh, and stone, the kernel Ijeiiig the seed, as in the tribe Pruiicce of the Rosacaz. Of more than one carpel (polxcai-pellai-y)— Apocarpous (carpels distinct). 3. Etinr'o (Greek hctaims, a companion"), a collection of car] lels (//7////('/jf), each of whicli maj' be tiry, one-seeded and inJehiscent, when it is called an achene (Greek a, not; cJia'mo, I split), as in the Buttercuj), Strawberry, and ; or each may be a dry many-seeded pod or fol!icli\ splitting down one side, as in the ilarsh-marigold and the Columbine ;' or each may be a. Parietal placentation. Free-central succulent miniature drupe or Ji-upc-/. as in the Blackberry and Raspberry. Syncarpous (carpels united). Superior. 4. Ca?yof'sis, dry, indehiscent, and one-seeded, as in MTieat and most Grasses, each grain being a fruit formed of two carpels with a grooye where they join. 5. Siliijua, the dry, two-chambered Crucifera (p. 3;). 6. Rcgma, dry, splitting into nutlets, bills. Spurges, Mint, Boraj;e, &c. 7. Samara, dry and winged, as in the Ash, Maple, and Elm, 8. Capsule, drv and dehiscent, as in the Violets, Primrose, Pinks, Sic, opening h\ valves in the Violets, by teeth in the Primrose, h\ pores in the Poppy, and by splitting all round in the Pimpernels. dehiscent pod of the as \\\ Mallows, Cranes-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Johns, C. A. (Charles Alexander), 1811-1874. London : Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
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