CHAP. 48.—THE MODE IN WHICH TREES BEAR.
Some among the fruit-trees [Note] bear on both the sides of the
branches and the summit, the pear, for instance, the fig-tree, and the myrtle. In other respects the trees are pretty
nearly of a similar nature to the cereals, for in them we find
the ear growing from the summit, while in the leguminous
varieties the pod grows from the sides. The palm, as we have
already [Note] stated, is the only one that has fruit hanging down
in bunches enclosed in capsules.
