The elements of botany for The elements of botany for beginners and for schools elementsofbotany00gray Year: 1887 124 FRUIT. [SECTION 14. 376 upper 401 axis or minute The Pyxis is a pod which opens by a circular horizontal line, the part forming a lid, as in Purslane (Fig. 404), the Plantain, Hen- 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 Jenersouia, the line does not separate quite round, but leaves a portion for a hinge to the lid. 377. Of Multiple or Collective Fruits, which are
The elements of botany for The elements of botany for beginners and for schools elementsofbotany00gray Year: 1887 124 FRUIT. [SECTION 14. 376 upper 401 axis or minute The Pyxis is a pod which opens by a circular horizontal line, the part forming a lid, as in Purslane (Fig. 404), the Plantain, Hen- 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 Jenersouia, the line does not separate quite round, but leaves a portion for a hinge to the lid. 377. Of Multiple or Collective Fruits, which are properly masses of fruits aggregated into one body (as is seen in the Mulberry (Pig. 408), Pine- apple, etc.), there are two kinds with special names and of pe- culiar structure. 378. The Syconium or Fig- 403 402 404 fruit (Fig. 405, 406) is a fleshy summit of stem, hollowed out, and lined within by a multitude of flowers, the whole becoming pulpy, and in the common fig, luscious.
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