The elements of botany for beginners and for schools . r section of part of a blackberry. 370. One of its componentsimple fruits (drupe) in section, showing the pulp, stone, and contained seed: moreenlai^ged. Compare with Fig. 37S. SECTION 14.] FRUIT. 119 Stone Fruits, or Drupaceous, the outer part fleshy like a berry, the innerhard or stony, like a nut; and Dry Fruits, those which liave no flesh or pulp. 350. In reference to the way of disseminatiug the contained seed, fruitsare said to be Indehiscent when they do not open at maturity. Fleshy fruits and stonefruits are of course indehiscent.
The elements of botany for beginners and for schools . r section of part of a blackberry. 370. One of its componentsimple fruits (drupe) in section, showing the pulp, stone, and contained seed: moreenlai^ged. Compare with Fig. 37S. SECTION 14.] FRUIT. 119 Stone Fruits, or Drupaceous, the outer part fleshy like a berry, the innerhard or stony, like a nut; and Dry Fruits, those which liave no flesh or pulp. 350. In reference to the way of disseminatiug the contained seed, fruitsare said to be Indehiscent when they do not open at maturity. Fleshy fruits and stonefruits are of course indehiscent. The seed becomes free only throughdecay or by being fed upon by animals. Those which escape digestion arethus disseminated by the latter. Of dry fruits many are indehiscent; andthese are variously arranged to be transported by Some burstirregularly; many are Dehiscent, that is, they split open regularly along certain lines, anddischarge the seeds. A dehiscent fruit almost always contains many orseveral seeds, or at least more than one 371 372 373 374 351. The principa,! kinds of fruit which have received substantive namesand are of common use in descriptive botany are the following. Of fleshyfruits the leading kind is 352. The Berry, such as the gooseberry and currant, the blueberryand cranberry (Fig. 371), the tomato, and the grape. Here the wholeflesh is soft tiiroughout. The orange is a berry with a leathery rind. 353. The Pepo, or Gourd-fruit, is a hard-rinded berry, belonging totlie Gourd family, such as the pumpkin, squash, cucumber, and 372, 373. 354. The Pome is a name applied to the apple, pear (Fig. 374), andquince; fleshy fruits, like a berry, but the principal thickness is calyx, only PiQ. 371. Leafy shoot and berry (cut across) of the larger Cranberry, Vacciniummacrooarpon. « Fio. 372. Pepo of Rourcl, in section. 373. One carpel of same in diagram,Fid. 374. LoD|itudm^ ^pd transverse sections of a pear ^pome). 120 FRUIT. [SECTION 14.
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