Аннотация:Glazunova K.P. DEVELOPMENT OF «AMALTHEA» FRUIT IN ALCHEMILLA VULGARIS L. S. L. (ROSACEAE). Amalthea monomera is dry superior apocarpous monomerous non-dehiscent mon-ospermous fruit with filmy pericarp of nutlet and a spathe of persistent hypanthium (sensu N.N. Kaden, 1968). The structure and development of this fruit is described basing on material of liv-ing and dry specimens of common East European microspecies of the group Alchemilla vulgaris s. l. (Alchemilleae Rydb., Rosoideae Focke, Rosaceae Juss.).