SPURIOUS KINDS OF BACC.i:. 217 



Edvt. Bot. t. 2S, shows this insertion^, being nearly 

 allied to the same tribe ; but in this genus the pulp 

 invests each seed separately, forming Ac'uil within 

 the common cavity. 



Some fruits ranged by Linnasus as Drupes with 

 many seeds^ on account of the hardness of the shells 

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

 number, considered by Gagrtneras BacccE. Among 

 these are MespiluSy 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, BUtum, Curt. Mag. 

 t. 276\ the Calyx after lowering becomes coloured 

 and very juicy, investing the seed, like a genuine 

 berry. The Corolla of Commelina Zanonla under- 

 goes 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. 1 100, a few 

 scales of the fertile catkin become succulent, and 

 coalesce into a globular berry with three or more 

 seeds, to which Gi^rtner applies the term galhulus, 

 the classical name of the Cypress fruit, which last 

 however is as true a strobilus or cone as that of the 

 Fir, In the Yew, t. 74:6, some have thought it a 

 calyx, others a peculiar kind of receptacle, which 

 becomes red and pulpy, embracing the seed. La- 

 marck has, in his Encyclopcdley v. 3. 22 S, consi- 



