226 Spurious kinds of baccje. / 



which term Gasrtner extends to the simple many- 

 seeded berries of the Vine, Gooseberry, &c. 



The Orange and Lemon are true Berries, with a 

 thick coat. The Melon and Cucumber tribe have a 

 pecuhar 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. Passijlora, suherosa^f. 187, Exot, 

 Bot. t. 28, shows this insertion, being nearly allied to 

 the same tribe ; but in this genus the pulp invests 

 each seed separatel}^ forming Acini within the com- 

 mon cavity. 



Some fruits ranged by Linnaeus as Drupa; with 

 many seeds, on account of the hardness of the shells 

 of those seeds, are best perhaps, on account of their 

 number, considered by Gasrtner as Baccce. Among 

 these are Mespilus, the Medlar. 



There are several spurious kinds of berries, 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, Blitinn, Curt. Mag. 

 t. 276, the Calyx after flowering becomes coloured 

 and very juicy, investing the seed, like a genuine ber- 

 ry. The Corolla of Commelina Zannonia undergoes 

 a similar change, forming a black very juicy coat to 

 the capsule, being totally altered 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 



