Elementary botany . the partitions betweenthe different locules when young having disappeared. Thebouncing-bet is an example, and the seeds are attached to acentral column in four rows corresponding to the four loculespresent in the young stage. 878. A follicle is a capsule with a single carpel which splitsopen along the ventral or upper suture, as in the larkspur, peony. 879. The legume, or true pod, is a capsule with a single carpelwhich splits along both sutures, as the pea, bean, etc. As the pod ripens and dries, a strong twisting ten-sion is often produced, which splits thepod suddenly, s
Elementary botany . the partitions betweenthe different locules when young having disappeared. Thebouncing-bet is an example, and the seeds are attached to acentral column in four rows corresponding to the four loculespresent in the young stage. 878. A follicle is a capsule with a single carpel which splitsopen along the ventral or upper suture, as in the larkspur, peony. 879. The legume, or true pod, is a capsule with a single carpelwhich splits along both sutures, as the pea, bean, etc. As the pod ripens and dries, a strong twisting ten-sion is often produced, which splits thepod suddenly, scattering the seeds. 880. The silique.—In the toothwort,shepherds-purse, and nearly all of theplants in the mustard family the fruitconsists of two united carpels, whichseparate at maturity, leaving the par-tition wall persistent. Such a fruit isa silique; when short it is a silicle, orpouch. 881. A pyxidium, or pyxis, is a cap-sule which opens with a lid, as in the Fig. 476. plantain. Fruit of sweet pea; a pod. r. 454 RELATION TO ENVIRONMENT. IV. Fleshy and Juicy Fruits. 882. The drupe, or stone-fruit.—In the plum, cherry, peach,apricot, etc., the outer portion (exocarp) of the pericarp (ovary)becomes fleshy, while the inner portion (endocarp) becomes hardand stony, and encloses the seed, or pit. Such a fruit is knownas a drupe, or as a stone-fruit. In the almond the fleshy partof the fruit is removed. 883. The raspberry and blackberry.—While these fruits are
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