. Botany, an elementary text for schools. Botany. 360, BeiTies of the suowlierry. a follicle (Fig. 244). If these pistils were united, a single compound pistil would be formed. Columbine, peony, nine- bark also have folli- cles; milkweed, also (Fig. 245). 290. A 1-loculed pericarp which de - hisces on both edges is a legume. Peas and Ijeans are typi- cal examples (Figs. 246, 247): in fact, this character gives name to the pea-fam- ily, — Leguminosa?. Often the valves of the legume twist forcibly and cxiiel the seeds, throwing them some distance. The word i»od is sometimes restricted to legumes
. Botany, an elementary text for schools. Botany. 360, BeiTies of the suowlierry. a follicle (Fig. 244). If these pistils were united, a single compound pistil would be formed. Columbine, peony, nine- bark also have folli- cles; milkweed, also (Fig. 245). 290. A 1-loculed pericarp which de - hisces on both edges is a legume. Peas and Ijeans are typi- cal examples (Figs. 246, 247): in fact, this character gives name to the pea-fam- ily, — Leguminosa?. Often the valves of the legume twist forcibly and cxiiel the seeds, throwing them some distance. The word i»od is sometimes restricted to legumes, but it is better to use it generically (as in 287) for all dehiscent pericarps. 291. A compound p<»d—dcliiscing jx'ricarp of two or more carpels—is a capsule (Figs. 24S, 249). Tlicrt' arc some capsnlcs of one lociilc, bnt they were compound wlien young (in tli ovary stage) iind the pari it ions liavc vanished (I-'ig. iTiO). Soiiict inics one or nioi'c (>{' till' carjirls arc nnilornily . rowdcd out liy tlir cxdnsivt' rowlh of oilier i-acprls (l'"iL;'. ;)1). Tin' srcils oi- pai'ls which aiT ci-owdcd out arc said to be illmrf' ( 'Jl!iMt fruits. of 'f licrrics. Open There are se\ rial \\a.\s in which ca]i>nles (lehiscr ni" When they lu'eak alon^' the partitions (oi- sepia). the mode is known as septicidal dehiscence; I' 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 Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde), 1858-1954. New York Macmillan
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