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5. Pomum^f. 184, an Apple, has a fleshy coat like the 

 Drupa, but containing a Capsule with several seeds ; 

 as ill common Apples and Pears ; see Pyrus domesti- 

 ca, t. 350. 



This is comprehended by Gsertner under the dif- 

 ferent kinds of Bacca, it being sometimes scarcely 

 possible to draw the line between them ; witness the 

 Liniiean genus Sorbus. 



6. Bacca^f. 185, a Berry, is fleshy, without valves, con- 

 taining one or more Seeds, enveloped with pulp. It 

 becomes more juicy internally as it advances to mitu- 

 rity, 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 regu- 

 lar orifice. Examples of a Bacca are seen in Atropa 

 Belladonna^ Engl. Bot. t. 592, and Ribes, t. 1289 — 

 92. The same ^SLVi'm Hedera.t. 1267, is of a more 



• mealy substance.^ In Cucubalus^ t. 1577 , the coat on- 

 ly is pulpy. In Trientalis, 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 Gasrtner, t. 50. 



Bacca composita^f. 186, a Compound Berry, con- 

 sists of several single ones, each containing a seed, 

 united together, as in Rubus^ the Raspberry, Bramble, 

 &c., Engl. Bot. t. 715, 716, 826, 827. Each of the 

 separate parts is denominated an Acinus^ or Grain, 



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