. British trees. Trees. THE YEW. 7^5. THE FRUIT. at their base, and which have the appearance of being dead. The whole flower is not more than a quarter of an inch in length. The Female Flowers. About the end of August the young fruit resembles a blunt acorn or a dark dull-green colour and very hard. The rounded cup in which it is set is paler green and of a consistency that suggests india-rubber ; a short stalk attaches it to the twig. The cup develops into a fleshy semi-opaque mass of a beautiful rose-red, which gradually envelopes the nut and enfolds it so completely that only the tip is vi
. British trees. Trees. THE YEW. 7^5. THE FRUIT. at their base, and which have the appearance of being dead. The whole flower is not more than a quarter of an inch in length. The Female Flowers. About the end of August the young fruit resembles a blunt acorn or a dark dull-green colour and very hard. The rounded cup in which it is set is paler green and of a consistency that suggests india-rubber ; a short stalk attaches it to the twig. The cup develops into a fleshy semi-opaque mass of a beautiful rose-red, which gradually envelopes the nut and enfolds it so completely that only the tip is visible. Cup and seed at first stand out stiffly from the supporting twig, but gradually become pendent as the fruit ripens. The ripe fruits are about three-eighths of an inch in diameter and grow out singly from the twig : sometimes two start from the same 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 Cole, Rex Vicat, b. 1870; Kempe, Dorothy. London : Hutchinson
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