. Beginners' botany. Botany. FRUITS 169 berry the fruit adheres to the torus, and the two are re- moved together when the fruit is picked. Accessory Fruits. — When the pericarp and some other part grow together, the fruit is said to be accessory or reenforced. An example is the straw- berry (Fig. 24s). The edible part is a greatly enldrged torus, and the pericarps are akenes embedded in it. These akenes are commonly called seeds. Various kinds of reenforced fruits have received special names. One of these is the hip, characteristic of roses. In this case, the torus is deep and hollow, like an
. Beginners' botany. Botany. FRUITS 169 berry the fruit adheres to the torus, and the two are re- moved together when the fruit is picked. Accessory Fruits. — When the pericarp and some other part grow together, the fruit is said to be accessory or reenforced. An example is the straw- berry (Fig. 24s). The edible part is a greatly enldrged torus, and the pericarps are akenes embedded in it. These akenes are commonly called seeds. Various kinds of reenforced fruits have received special names. One of these is the hip, characteristic of roses. In this case, the torus is deep and hollow, like an urn, and the sepai-ate akenes are borne inside it. The mouth of the receptacle may close, and the walls sometimes become fleshy ; the fruit may then be mistaken for 1 berry. The fruit of the pear, apple, and quince is known as a. Fig. 245. — Straw- berry; fleshy torus in which akenes are 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 Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde), 1858-1954. New York, The Macmillan company
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