24 FRUCTIFICATION, OR FLOWER AND FRUIT. 



Thick-skinned Berry, has a firm rind, like the 

 Orange, the Gourd, &c. B. spuria, a Spurious 

 Berry, originates either in the Calyx becoming 

 pulpy, like the Mulberry, and perhaps the Fig; 

 the Corolla, as in Commelina Zanonia ; the 

 scales of a Catkin (53:3), as in Juniperus; or 

 the Receptacle (63), as in the Strawberry, and 

 perhaps the Yew. A pulpy fruit, less like a real 

 Pericarp, is formed of abranched common-flower- 

 stalk, in Hovenia, Thunb. Jap. 101. Kaempf. 

 t. 809 ; and of the same part perhaps, rather 

 than the scales of a receptacle, in Pollichia, 

 Sm. Spicil. t. l,one of the Illecebrea, p. 93. 



7. Strobilus, a Cone, a Catkin (53 : 3) enlarged 

 and hardened, lodging the Seeds ; either naked 

 between its scales ; or in a sort of Capsule, con- 

 nected with the base of each, more rarely 

 stalked and distinct, as in Willows. 

 62. Semina, the Seeds, to the perfecting of which 



all the other organs are subservient. Each Seed 



consists of several parts. 



l. Embryo, the Embryo or Germ (called Corcu- 

 lum by Linnaeus) is the most essential of all, no 

 seed being capable of vegetating if this part be 

 defective, as happens chiefly for want of the as- 

 sistance of the Pollen (58), if the latter be spoiled 

 by wet, or otherwise hindered ; though the Seed 

 may outwardly appear sound. This part sends 

 out the Root (7) downwards, and the Plumula, 

 or bud of the Stem or Herbage (12), upwards. 



