. Lessons with plants. Suggestions for seeing and interpreting some of the common forms of vegetation. usk-tomato. REINFORCED FRUITS 279 dehisoenee of the pod, and observe whether the valves bear anyrelation to the number of styles. 329. The husk-tomato or ground-cherry (onekind is known as strawberry-tomato) is shown inFig. 277. The flower, with itscalyx a half smaller than thecorolla, is at 8. The pistil is2-loculed, and ripens into atrue berry, very like a smalltomato. Thecalyx, however,grows enor-mously (, 10). It isevident thatthe part whichchiefly enlargesis the tube and not the lob
. Lessons with plants. Suggestions for seeing and interpreting some of the common forms of vegetation. usk-tomato. REINFORCED FRUITS 279 dehisoenee of the pod, and observe whether the valves bear anyrelation to the number of styles. 329. The husk-tomato or ground-cherry (onekind is known as strawberry-tomato) is shown inFig. 277. The flower, with itscalyx a half smaller than thecorolla, is at 8. The pistil is2-loculed, and ripens into atrue berry, very like a smalltomato. Thecalyx, however,grows enor-mously (, 10). It isevident thatthe part whichchiefly enlargesis the tube and not the lobes. In the cockle andthe husk-tomato, the calyx is not considered tobe part of the fruit, because it is not organ-ically united with the capsule or the berry, butmerely encloses it. 329a. Seeds of three or four kinds of husk-tomato (or physalis)are sold by seedsmen, and the plants are easy to grow. Some ofthem are grown for the brilliant color of the great inflated calyx,and others foi the edible berries. 330. The agrimony is a rather small herb ofrich woods and tangles, bearing small yellow flow-.
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