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BERRIES 



[For OS) 

 see p. 141.; 



(a) Berry with thin tough skin ; flesh, includ- 

 ing the endocarp, pulpy throughout. 



* Berry rounded and not divided into 

 chambers; not exceeding 25 30 mm. long. 

 t With several small seeds. (True Berries.) 

 Berry oblong -globoid, hairy, 15 30 mm. 

 long, yellowish. 



Ribes Grossularia, L. Gooseberry (Fig. 129). There 

 is a glabrous-fruited variety. 



Berry globose, smooth, not more than 7 8 

 mm. in diameter. 



l~~l Berry red, add. 

 Ribes rubrum, L. Red Currant. 



l~~l r~l Berry black, mawkish. 



D 



Fig. 130. Aucuba japonica. A , shoot bearing male flowers ; B, a male 

 flower magnified ; C, an inflorescence of female flowers ; D, a female 

 flower magnified ; E, ovary, and F, fruit in longitudinal section (E and P). 



