THE PERICARP. ge Ft) 
are scattered through a juicy pulp deposited in the cells. 
The pericarp is the thick external covering. The Cucum- 
ber, the Melon, the Gourd, and other Cucurbitacee. 
506. The Hesperidium, or Orange.—In this fruit there 
is a thick integument, which is the pericarp; and a number 
of separate cavities into which the fruit can be easily divided ; 
these cells or divisions are the carpels, the seeds being scat- 
tered through them; and the pulpy matter is not mesocarp, 
as might be imagined, but a peculiar deposition in the cells 
which contain the seed. The Orange and Lemon (Citrus 
aurantium and C’, Medica,) are examples. 
507. The Berry.—This is a pulpy fruit, with the seeds 
scattered loosely in the pulp. Gooseberry, Grape, Currant. 
MULTIPLE FRUITS. 
Several carpels in one flower, remaining distinct in the 
matured state. — 
1. Dehiscent. 
508. The Follicle.—This is a membranous one-celled, one- 
valved pericarp, opening longitudinally by a ventral suture — 
(481), to which is attached a placenta bearing the seeds, and 
having no dorsal suture; there are more than one in each 
flower. Peony, Periwinkle (Vinca), and many of the Apo- 
_ Cyne, 
2. Indekiscent. 2 
509. The Strawberry.—This fruit consists of a number of 
minute pericarps, called sometimes Acheniums, at other — 
_ times Acini, placed upon a pulpy or fleshy receptacle or gyno- 
_ phore, commonly called the fruit. Strawberry. In the 
_ Raspberry, the small spherical juicy bodies are the ¢ carpels.. 
(See Fig. 54. page 130.) oe 
(510. The fruit of the Ranunculus. an Cs the 
berry, except in the receptacle not being fleshy. 
