Botany of the Southern states . Nut or ms en Fruit of , , cremocarp. , epicarp ; ms, mesocarp :endocarp. Fig. 149. Fig. 150. The Nut or Glans is a one-celled fruit, with a hardened peri-carp, surrounded by bracts. (Fig. 147.) The Chestnut is thenut, and the bur is composed of bracts. The Acorn is the nut:the cup is composed of bracts. So of the Hazelnut, Beach, & The Drupe is asucculent fruit, covered bya pericarp, composed of anepicarp, mesocarp, and en-docarp. (Fig. 148.) ThePeach is an example. Theskin of the Peach is theepicarp, the flesh th

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Botany of the Southern states . Nut or ms en Fruit of , , cremocarp. , epicarp ; ms, mesocarp :endocarp. Fig. 149. Fig. 150. The Nut or Glans is a one-celled fruit, with a hardened peri-carp, surrounded by bracts. (Fig. 147.) The Chestnut is thenut, and the bur is composed of bracts. The Acorn is the nut:the cup is composed of bracts. So of the Hazelnut, Beach, & The Drupe is asucculent fruit, covered bya pericarp, composed of anepicarp, mesocarp, and en-docarp. (Fig. 148.) ThePeach is an example. Theskin of the Peach is theepicarp, the flesh the meso-carp, and the stone the en-docarp. The fruit of theCherry, Plum, Walnut, Nut-meg, Date, and Almond areall of this character. -t fn t\ 7 • ^ Lomentum. 15a. Dehiscent, apocar-pous fruits are found in the Magnolia (), Asclepiadae, cfcc. It consists of asingle carpel, containing one or several seeds,and dehiscing by its ventral suture. The Legume or Pod is a solitary carpel,dehiscing by both sutures, but bearing seeda Cone of

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