1. When the anther is dehiscing , it opens at the stomium. 2. It dehisced ( splits open ) laterally ( side to side ). 3. It splits ( or dehisces ), below the beak. 4. Ripe capsules dehisce or are cracked open by birds. 5. When the dehisce ( split open ), spreading the seeds over a wide area. 6. The pod dries to a papery texture and dehisces starting at the beak to release the seeds. 7. They have short beak, taper to a pointed apex and dehisce ( split open ) laterally. 8. The stigma at the top are often shaped like a disc and dehisce a little bit upon maturity. 9. "Solanum rostratum " flowers exhibit dehisce ( split apart ) while still attached to the plant. 10. The fruit is a papery capsule, inflated and three-angled, dehiscing loculicidally in the upper portion.