carpels (e.g. Agapanthus L'Her., Dietes Salisb. ex Klatt, Papaver L., Portulaca L., Viola L.). At maturity capsules may open by various methods (slits, pores, splitting along transverse or longitudinal sutures, etc.) to release the seeds. Examples of other dry, dehiscent, simple fruits include: legume - derived from one carpel that splits open along two sutures, as in Lathyrus, Lupinus and Phaseolus L.; follicle - consisting of a single carpel that splits open along one suture, as in Asclepias L.; silique - derived from two or more carpels that open along two sutures and has a persistent marginal replum (rim) and septum (partition), as in Lobularia maritima (L.) Desv.; craspedium - consisting of a single carpel that disarticulates transversely into one-seeded segments and longitudinally from the marginal replum, as in Mimosa pudica L. A few of the many possible forms of simple, dry, indehiscent fruits are shown in Plate 7.5.