dehisce

The stamens are very numerous, and are spirally arranged; and the carpels are variable in number, sessile or stipitate and slightly united at the base and dehisce by ventral suture.

Stamens 10, distinct, slightly declined; anthers dehiscing longitudinally.

It has been noted with respect to the nectar of the fuchsia that it is most abundant when the anthers are about to dehisce, and absent in the unexpanded flower.

Follicle, a pod formed from a single pistil, dehiscing along the ventral suture only.

The name capsule is applied generally to all dry syncarpous fruits, which dehisce by valves.