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column, except when single or solitary. Utri- 

 culus is a thin bladdery, dry, single-seeded Cap- 

 sule without valves. Aclienium of Richard is 

 the same thing, whether membranous, or cori- 

 aceous, or even woody. Samara a compressed, 

 dry Capsule, of 2 cells, without valves, often 

 winged. Folliculus a leathery or woody Cap- 

 sule, of one valve, bursting lengthwise, with 

 marginal Seeds. Coccum, one portion of an 

 aggregate, dry, elastic, bivalve Capsule, as in 

 Euphorbia, and the Rutaceous order. An un- 

 necessary term. 



2. Siliqua, a Pod, a long, dry, solitary Seed-vessel 

 of two valves, with an intermediate parallel sin- 

 gle partition, whose edges bear the numerous 

 Seeds. Silicala, a Pouch, is only a shorter or 

 rounder Siliqua, with fewer Seeds. 



3. Legumen, a Legume, a solitary Seed-vessel, of 

 two valves, without any separate longitudinal 

 partition, and bearing the Seeds along one of its 

 margins only. 



4. Drupa, a Stone-fruit, is fleshy, sometimes dry, 

 containing one hard or bony Nut, of one or more 

 cells, and as many kernels. 



5. Pomum, an Apple, is fleshy, containing a Cap- 

 sule, with several Seeds. 



6. Bacca, a Berry, is fleshy, sometimes dry, con- 

 taining one or more Seeds, enveloped with pulp. 

 B. composita, a Compound Berry, is composed 

 of several single-seeded grains. B. corticata, a 



