. Elements of botany. Botany; Botany. THE FRUIT. 187 of the marsh marigold, the columbine, and a good many other plants, often produce a fruit which dehisces along a single suture, usually the ventral one. Such a fruit is called a follicle, Fig. 171. 224, The Legume. — A legume is a one-celled pod, formed by the maturing of a simple pistil, which dehisces along both of its sutures, as already seen in the case of the bean pod, and illustrated in Fig. 176. 225. The Capsule. — The dehiscent fruit formed by the. SiQ. 172. — Winged Fruits. I, elm ; II, maple. ripening of a compound pistil is called
. Elements of botany. Botany; Botany. THE FRUIT. 187 of the marsh marigold, the columbine, and a good many other plants, often produce a fruit which dehisces along a single suture, usually the ventral one. Such a fruit is called a follicle, Fig. 171. 224, The Legume. — A legume is a one-celled pod, formed by the maturing of a simple pistil, which dehisces along both of its sutures, as already seen in the case of the bean pod, and illustrated in Fig. 176. 225. The Capsule. — The dehiscent fruit formed by the. SiQ. 172. — Winged Fruits. I, elm ; II, maple. ripening of a compound pistil is called a capsule. Such a fruit may be one-celled, as in the linear pod of the celandine, Fig. 176, or several-celled, as in the fruit of the poppy, the morning-glory and the Jamestown weed, Fig. 176. 226. Dry Fruits and Fleshy Fruits. — In all the cases discussed or described in §§ 213-219 the wall of the ovary (and the adherent calyx when present) ripen Into tissues which are somewhat hard and dry. Often, however, these parts become developed into a juicy or fleshy mass by which. 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 Bergen, Joseph Y. (Joseph Young), 1851-1917. Boston, Ginn
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