THIRD CIRCLE.
Fruit-plants—Apetalæ, Perigynes.
1718. Stunted calycine corollæ, with nuts, plums, berries, or apples.
1719. They are perigynous Polypetalæ, and include the Apetalæ and Diclines.
1720. The nut consists of a large seed, connate with the woody ovarium, and frequently with the calyx.
1721. The plum is a legumen, between the coats of which fleshy matter has accumulated, and whose internal tunic or endocarp has become woody. The berry is a many-seeded hollow capsule, which, as well as the calyx, has become soft and succulent.
1722. The apple is an ovarium surrounded by a fleshy calyx.
CLASS XIII.
Nut-plants—Apetalæ, Diclines.
1723. Ovarium woody, and inclosing only one seed. Here belong the Apetalous and Diclinous Exogens.