. The elements of structural botany [microform] : with special reference to the study of Canadian plants, to which is added a selection of examination papers. Plant anatomy; Botany; Plantes; Botanique. 146 ELEMENTS OP STRUCTURAL BOTANY. I I *l â *.y. 235. A strawberry (Fig. 202) is a fruit consistin^^ chiefly of a mass of pulp, having its surface dotted all over vi^ith little carpels (achenes), similar to those of the Buttercup. The flesh of the Strawberry is simply an enlarged recep- tacle ; so that this fruit, also, is not a true berry. 236. The fruit of Sweet Brier (Fig. 45) Fig. 202. consi
. The elements of structural botany [microform] : with special reference to the study of Canadian plants, to which is added a selection of examination papers. Plant anatomy; Botany; Plantes; Botanique. 146 ELEMENTS OP STRUCTURAL BOTANY. I I *l â *.y. 235. A strawberry (Fig. 202) is a fruit consistin^^ chiefly of a mass of pulp, having its surface dotted all over vi^ith little carpels (achenes), similar to those of the Buttercup. The flesh of the Strawberry is simply an enlarged recep- tacle ; so that this fruit, also, is not a true berry. 236. The fruit of Sweet Brier (Fig. 45) Fig. 202. consists of a red fleshy cfiyx, lined with a hollow receptacle which bears a number of achenes. This fruit is, therefore, analogous to that of the Strawberry. In the latter the achenes are on the outer surface of a raised receptacle, while in the former they are on the inner surface of a hollow receptacle. When other parts of the flower are combined with the ovary in fruit, as in Api)le, Rose, and Strawberry, the result is sometimes described as a pseudocarp^ or spurious fruit. 237. The cone of the Pine (Fig. 116) is a fruit Avhich differs in an important respect from all those yet mentioned, inasmuch as it is the prcxluct, not of a single flower, but of as many flowers as there are scales. It may, therefore, be called a collective or multiple fruit. The Pine Apple is another instance of the same thing. 238. Of dehiscent fruits there are some varieties which receive special names. The fruit of the Pea or Bean (Fig. 188), whose pericarp splits open along Z/o^A margins, is called a legume; that of Marsh Marigold (Fig. 25), which opens down one side only, is a follichi. Both of these are apocarpous. Fig. 202.âSection of a 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 Spotton, H. B. (Henry Byron), 18
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