Excerpt from An Introduction to Botany, Vol. 2 of 2The fruit (figs. 136. to 168.) is the ovary or pistil arrived at maturity. But, although this is the sense in which the term is strictly applied, yet in practice it is extended to whatever is combined with the ovary when ripe. Thus the pineapple fruit consists of a mass of bracts, calyxes, corollas, and ovaries; that of the nut, the acorn, and many others, of the superior dry calyx, and ovary; that of the apple of a succulent superior calyx, corolla, and ovary; and that of the strawberry-blite of a succulent inferior calyx and dry ovary.The fruit being the matured ovary, it should exhibit upon some part of its surface the traces of style or stigma; and this mark will, in many cases, enable the student to distinguish minute fruits from seeds. Many fruits were formerly called naked seeds, such as those of Umbellifers, Labiates, and Borageworts, and the grain of corn; but now that attention has been paid to the gradual development of organs, such errors have been corrected.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.