The elements of botany for The elements of botany for beginners and for schools elementsofbotany00gray Year: 1887 SECTION 14.] FRUIT. 119 Stone Fruits, or Drupaceous, the outer part fleshy like a berry, the inner hard or stony, like a nut ; and Dry Fruits, those which have no flesh or pulp. 350. In reference to the way of disseminating the contained seed, fruits are said to be Indehitcent when they do not open at maturity. Fleshy fruits and stone fruits arc of course iudehisccnt. The seed becomes free only through decay or by being fed upon by animals. Those which escape digestion are thus di
The elements of botany for The elements of botany for beginners and for schools elementsofbotany00gray Year: 1887 SECTION 14.] FRUIT. 119 Stone Fruits, or Drupaceous, the outer part fleshy like a berry, the inner hard or stony, like a nut ; and Dry Fruits, those which have no flesh or pulp. 350. In reference to the way of disseminating the contained seed, fruits are said to be Indehitcent when they do not open at maturity. Fleshy fruits and stone fruits arc of course iudehisccnt. The seed becomes free only through decay or by being fed upon by animals. Those which escape digestion are thus disseminated by the latter. Of dry fruits many are iudehisccnt ; and these arc variously arranged to be transported by animals. Some burst irregularly ; many arc Dehiscent, that is, they split open regularly along certain lines, and discharge the seeds. A dehiscent fruit almost always contains many or several seeds, or at least more than one seed. 371 372 373 374 351. The principal kinds of fruit which have received substantive names and are of common use in descriptive botany are the following. Of fleshy fruits the leading kind is 352. The Berry, such as the gooseberry and currant, the blueberry and cranberry (Fig. 371), 'he tomato, and the grape. Here the whole flesh is soft throughout. The orange is a berry with a leathery rind. 353. The Pepo, or Gourd-fruit, is a hard-rinded berry, belonging to the Gourd family, such as the pumpkin, squash, cucumber, and melon, Fig. 372. 373. 354. The Pome is a name applied to the apple, pear (Fig. 374), and quince; fleshy fruits, like a berry, but the principal thickness is calyx, only Fhi. 371. Leafy shout and berrj (cut across) «\' the largei Cranberry,Vacdniun] u pon. Fio. 872. Pepo of Gourd, in section. 878, n.' .-l of same in diagram. Fig. 874. Longitudinal and transversa sections of .1 pear (j>oihh).
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