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Mag. t. 276, the Calyx after flowering 

 becomes coloured and very juicy, invest- 

 ing the seed, like a genuine berry. The 

 Corolla of CommeUna Zanonia undergoes 

 a similar change, forming a black \ery 

 juicy coat to the capsule, being totally al- 

 tered both in shape and substance from its 

 appearance in the flower. In the Juniper, 

 EngL Bot. t. 1100, a few scales of the 

 fertile catkin become succulent, and coalesce 

 into a globular berry with three or more 

 seeds, to which Gaertner applies the term 

 galbuhis, the classical name of the Cypress 

 fruit, which last however is as true a stro- 

 bilus or cone as that of the Fir. In the 

 Yew, t. 746, some have thought it a calyx, 

 others a peculiar kiad of receptacle, which 

 becomes red and pulpy, embracing the 

 seed. Lamarck has, in his Encyclopedic, 

 v. 3. 228, considered this fruit as a real 

 bacca or drupa, with the idea or definition 

 of either of which it cannot by anv means 

 be made to accord, being open at the top, 

 and having no connection with the $tigma 9 

 which crowns the seed itself. The same 

 writer mistakes for a calyx the scales, which 



