216 THE BACCA. 



containing one or more Seeds, enveloped with pulp. 

 It becomes more juicy internally as it advances to 

 maturity, 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 regular orifice. Examples of a Bacca are seen 

 in Atropa Belladonna^ Engl. Bot, t. 592, and Ribes, 

 t. 1089—92. The same part in Hedera, L 1267, 

 is of a more mealy substance. In Cucubalus, 1. 1577, 

 the coat only is pulpy. In T?ientaUs, t. 15, the 

 coat becomes very dry and brittle as soon as ripe, 

 and the cavity of the fruit is nearly filled by a glo- 

 bular columella. See Gcertner, t. 50. 



Bacca composita^f. 1 86, a Compound Berry, con- 

 sists of several single ones, each containing a seed, 

 united together, as in Rubus, the Raspberry, Bram- 

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

 of the separate parts is denominated an Acinus, or 

 Grain, which term Gsertner 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 peculiar sort of Berry, for which Ga^rtner uses 

 the name of Pepo, Gourd ; and he defines it a Berry 

 whose cells, together with the seeds, are remote from 

 the a.vis or centre, the seeds being inserted into 

 the sides of the fruit. Fasslflora suberosa, f\ 187, 



