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containing one or more Seeds, enveloped 

 with pulp. It becomes more juicy inter- 

 nally as it advances to maturity, quite 

 contrary to the nature of a Capsule, though 

 the difference between these two unripe 

 fruits may not be discernible, and though 

 some true Berries, when fully ripe, finally 

 become of a dry and spongy texture ; but 

 they never open by valves or any regular 

 * orifice. Examples of a Bacca are seen in 

 Atropa Belladonna, Engl. Bot. t. 592, 

 and Ribes, f. 1289— 92. The same part 

 in Hedera, t. Vlbl, is of a more mealy 

 substance. In Cucubalus^ t. 1577, the 

 coat only is pulpy. In Trienialis, t. 15, 

 the coat becomes very dry and brittle as 

 soon as ripe, and the cavity of the fruit is 

 nearly filled by a globular columella. See 

 Gartner, /. 50. 



Bacca composita, a Compound Berry, 

 consists of several single ones, each con- 

 taining a seed, united together, as in Rto- 

 bus, the Raspberry, Bramble, &c, Engl. 

 Bot, t. 715, 716, 826, 8*7, Each of the 

 separate parts is denominated an Acinus, 

 ox Grain, which term Gartner extends to 



