98^ THE DHUPA, POMUM AND EACCA, 



*• Drupa, f, 183, a Stone-fruit, has a ileshy 

 coat, not separating into valves, containing 

 a single hard and bony Nut, to which it is 

 closely attached ; as in the Peach, Plom 

 Cherry, &c, ; see £«»:/. ^ot. t, 706 and 

 13B3. The Cocoa-nut is a Dnipa with a 

 less juicy coat. 



Sometimes the Nut, though not sepa- 

 rating into distinct valves, contains more 

 than one cell, and consequently several 

 seeds. Instances are found in Cormis, 

 t. 2A-9, Gcertner^ U 26, and Olea^ the 

 Olive, 17. Grcec, t. 3, though one ceil of 

 the latter is commonly abortive. * 



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

 like the Drupa, but containing a Capsule 

 with several seeds, as in common Apples and 

 Pears ; see Fyrus domesiica, t. 350. 



This is comprehended by Gaertner un- 

 der the different kinds of Bacca, it being 

 sometimes scarcely possible to draw the 

 line between them ; witness the Linnaean 

 genus Sorbus. 



6. Bacca, f. 185, a Berry, is fleshy, without 



