. A manual of the medical botany of North America [microform]. Botany, Medical; Botany; Botanique médicale; Botanique. THE FltUIT. 41 rant (Fig. 79), huckleherrv, tomfifo, and gi-ape. Tlie strawliprry, black- berry, ami raspbeiTv avo not, botanically, berries, as will api)ear later. Tlie pepo is the kind of fruit f(^und in the gourtl family ; it in com- monly hard without and softer within. The pome finds its type in the apple, in which the mass of tissue is comjiosed of the thickened, adherent calyx, the thin pods containing the seeds being the only representatives of the pistil. The stone-fr
. A manual of the medical botany of North America [microform]. Botany, Medical; Botany; Botanique médicale; Botanique. THE FltUIT. 41 rant (Fig. 79), huckleherrv, tomfifo, and gi-ape. Tlie strawliprry, black- berry, ami raspbeiTv avo not, botanically, berries, as will api)ear later. Tlie pepo is the kind of fruit f(^und in the gourtl family ; it in com- monly hard without and softer within. The pome finds its type in the apple, in which the mass of tissue is comjiosed of the thickened, adherent calyx, the thin pods containing the seeds being the only representatives of the pistil. The stone-fruit is technically known as a drupe. It comprises an outer fleshy portion enclosing a stone or putameHi containing the seed (Figs. 80 and 81). Dry fruits are those in which the pericarp retains an herbaceous text- ui'c during its devt' .neiit, and results in a membranous or liardencd coating to the seed. In some of these the pericarp opens at maturity and. 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 Johnson, Laurence, 1845-1893. New York : W. Wood
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