£8S THE DKUFA, POMUM AtfD BACCA, 



4 « Driipay a Stone-fruit, has a fleshy coat, 

 not separating into valves, containing a 

 single hard and bony Nut, to which it is 

 closely attached ; as in the Peach, Plum, 

 Cherry, &c. ; see Engl. Bot. t. 706 and 

 l^d3. The Cocoa-nut is a Drupa with a 

 less juicy coat. 



Sometimes the Nut, though not sepa- 

 rating into distinct valves, contains more 

 than one cell, and consequently several 

 seeds. Instances are found in Cornus, 

 t. 249, Gartner, t. 26, and Oka, the 

 Olive, Fl. Grcec. t. 3, though one cell of 

 the latter is commonly abortive. 



5 - Pomum, an Apple, has a fleshy coat like 

 the Drupa, but containing a Capsule with 

 several seeds, as in common Apples and 

 Pears ; see Pyrus domestica, t. 350. 



This is comprehended by Giertner un- 

 der the different kinds of Bacca, it being 

 sometimes scarcely possible to draw the 

 line between them; witness the Linnaean 

 genus Sorbus* 



6. Bacca, a Berry, is fleshy, without valves, 

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