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DR Y FRUITS
DOUBLE SAMARA Remains Pedicel
Sycamore of sepal (flower stalk)
(Acer pseudoplatanus) Pericarp (fruit wall)
enclosing single seed

Pericarp
(fruit
Seed Remains wall)
of stigma extended and
Testa and style flattened to
(seed coat) Mericarp form wing that
(half-fruit) assists in wind dispersal
CAPSULE CREMOCARP
Love-in-a-mist Remains Hogweed
(Nigella damascena) of style (Heracleum sp.)
Branching Line of
bracteole dehiscence Flattened
(leaflike (splitting) Vitta pericarp
structure) Carpel (oil duct) (fruit
Placenta wall wall)
Testa
Fused (seed coat)
edge of Seed
carpels
EXTERNAL
VIEW OF SEED
Pericarp Pedicel
(fruit (flower stalk)
Receptacle wall) Pericarp
Abortive EXTERNAL VIEW OF FRUIT (fruit wall)
ovule Pericarp
Pedicel Carpophore covering
(central
(flower Pedicel seed
stalk) (flower stalk) supporting
strand)
EXTERNAL VIEW OF FRUIT LONGITUDINAL SECTION
THROUGH FRUIT One-seeded
Carpel Placenta Cotyledon
wall (seed leaf) mericarp
Sculptured (half-fruit)
Seed testa Vitta
(seed coat) (oil duct)
Pericarp Testa
(fruit Carpel (seed coat) Pedicel
wall) VIEW OF SEPARATED CARPELS (flower stalk)
CROSS-SECTION EXTERIOR VIEW AND FOLLICLE
THROUGH FRUIT SECTION THROUGH SEED
Remains of Larkspur
style and (Delphinium sp.) Carpel split open
SILIQUA Remains of stigma along one side
Honesty stigma and style Testa
(Lunaria annua) (seed coat)
False Pericarp
Placenta (fruit wall)
Seed septum Flattened Seed
edge of testa
aids dispersal
of seed Pericarp
(fruit
Valve of wall)
pericarp Hilum (point
of attachment Carpel split
to ovary) open,
exposing
Embryo
seeds
Cotyledon Pericarp
Testa
Replum Pedicel (seed leaf) Receptacle (fruit
(seed coat)
(ridge surrounding (flower stalk) wall)
false septum) EXTERNAL VIEW AND SECTION Pedicel
PARTS OF SPLIT-OPEN FRUIT THROUGH SEED (flower stalk)
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