SS4 SPURIOUS KINDS OF BACCJE. 



the simple many-seeded berries of the Vine, 

 Gooseberry, &c. 



The Orange and Lemon are true Ber- 

 ries, with a thick coat. The Melon and 

 Cucumber tribe have a peculiar sort of 

 Berry for which Gaertner uses the name of 

 Pepo, Gourd; and he defines it a Berry 

 whose cells, together with the seeds, are 

 remote from the axis or centre, the seeds 

 being inserted into the sides of the fruit. 

 Passiflora suberosa, Exot. Bot. t. 28, 

 shows this insertion, being nearly allied to 

 the same tribe ; but in this genus the pulp 

 invests each seed separately, forming Acini 

 within the common cavity. 



Some fruits ranged by Linnaeus as Drnpce 

 with many seeds, on account of the hard- 

 ness of the shells of those seeds, are best 

 perhaps, on account of their number, con- 

 sidered by Gaertner as Baccce. Among 

 these are Mespilus, the Medlar. 



There are several spurious kinds of ber- 

 ries, whose pulp is not properly a part of 

 the fruit, but originates from some other 

 organ. Thus, in the Mulberry, as well as 

 the Strawberry Spinach, Blitum, Curt. 



