. Lessons with plants. Suggestions for seeing and interpreting some of the common forms of vegetation. Pig. 245. (the pit)the endociAn entire fruit of this character,- ig Cross-section of young„ , ,, T apricot fruits. called the endocarp. FiO. 244. ^Z^^St.^ ^i*h ^ pit or stone and a fleshycovering,—is a drupe or stone fruit;and it differs from the drupelet only in the factthat it is larger and is borne singly. 301. If one were to cut across young apricots,peaches or plums, he would find that the stoneis for a long time thin and soft. He would alsofind, as a rule, only one seed, as at a. Fig. 2
. Lessons with plants. Suggestions for seeing and interpreting some of the common forms of vegetation. Pig. 245. (the pit)the endociAn entire fruit of this character,- ig Cross-section of young„ , ,, T apricot fruits. called the endocarp. FiO. 244. ^Z^^St.^ ^i*h ^ pit or stone and a fleshycovering,—is a drupe or stone fruit;and it differs from the drupelet only in the factthat it is larger and is borne singly. 301. If one were to cut across young apricots,peaches or plums, he would find that the stoneis for a long time thin and soft. He would alsofind, as a rule, only one seed, as at a. Fig. 245,and we know that a peach pit or plum pit gen-erally has but one meat. Now and then he mayfind two seeds (6), either one or both of whichmay develop. Very often one of these seeds is R 258 LESSONS WITH PLANTS seen to be smaller than the other, and the pupilmay infer that it will be crowded out. The factis that the ovary of peaches,apricots, plums and cherriescontains two ovules, but one ofthem commonly aborts ; thatis, it is crowded out, and noremains of it may be seen inthe ripened fruit. W
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