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180 INTRODUCTION TO BOTANY.
CAPSULAR FRUITS.
Fructus capsulares, Fructus dehiscentes. Fruits dry,
many-seeded, and opening of themselves when ripe.
Follicle.
Folliculus, Conceptaculum. Fruit membranaceous-) univalve,
long, and opening by a longitudinal suture. Asclepiadeae.
PI. 17, fig- 12.—They are never found single, unless
by abortion.
Cylindrical, Folliculi cylindracei. Ceropegia.
Bellied, ventricosi. Asclepias Syriaca, Plumaria.
Swollen, injiati. Asclepias fruticosa.
Spindleshape, jusiformes. Nerium Oleander. N. Zeylanicum,
Asclepias niger.
% Upright, erecti. Nerium Oleander.
Spreading, divergentes, divaricati. Tabernaemontanaj
Vinca major, Cameraria, Asclepias nigra.
Camare.
Camara. Fruit more or less membranaceous, tivo-valved,
alivays several united together proceeding from a single
flower, each containing one or more seeds attached to the internal
suture. Ranunculacese. PL 17, fig. 13, 14, 15, 16,
17 and 19.
^ Deltoid, Camarce deltoidece. Triangular, Ranunculus
bulbosus.
Cod-like, legitminiformes. Delphinium, Aconitum.
Swollen, turgidce. Poeonia.
Compressed, compresscB. Alisma major, Helleborus vi-
xidis.
Winged, alatcB. Liriodendrum tulipifera.
Beaked, rostratce. Helleborus, Sempervivum.
Tailed, caudatce. Clematis recta, Atragene, Dryas.
% Upright, erectcB. Aconitum, Delphinium, Sedum.
Spreading, divergentes. Poeonia.
In v/hirls, verticillatce. Poeonia, Clematis, Sempervivum.
Tiled-like, imbricates. Liriodendrum, Magnolia.
Soldered together, coadunatce. Rubus.
% Dry, sicccB. Ranunculus, Trollius, Aconitum.
Drupelike, drupeolatce. Potamo'geton, Rubus.
^ One-seeded, monospermy. Anemone, Adonis, Ranunculus,
Rubus.
Many-seeded, polyspermce. Delphinium, Poeonia, Aconitum,
Trollius.