seed pod

It is very long--nearly twice as long as this page and looks much more like a stem than a seed-pod.

The black in these is shreds of the dead-black seed pod of the devil-claw and not some fibre dyed black, as some suppose.

Another example from the same seed-pod has a palest pink network instead of crimson, and tiny dots of maroon.

In most plants the seed-pod and the food-dust or pollen are all in one flower, but with the corn they are separate, as you see.

The little seed-pod of each had a tiny cap which lifted off when the seeds were ripe, leaving a perfect cup, heaping full.