The elements of botany for The elements of botany for beginners and for schools elementsbotany00gray Year: 1887 124 FRUIT. [SECTION 14. 376. The Pyxis is a pod wliich opens by a circular horizontal line, the upper part I'onniiig a Ud, as in Purslane (Fig. 404), the PLintain, lieu- bane, etc. In these the dehiscence extends all round, or is cir- cumscissile. So it does in Amaranth (Fig. 387), forming a one- seeded utricular pyxis. In JelTersonia, the line does not separate quite round, but leaves a portion for a liiuge to the lid. 377. Of Multiple or Collective Fruits, which are properly

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