320 BACCA OR BERRY—-PEPO. 
valves (fig. 712), or transversely (fig. 685) like the ordinary 
capsule. In the latter case, as with the true capsule with 
transverse dehiscence, the fruit is called a Pyxis. 
Cc. WITH A FLESHY INDEHISCENT PERICARP. 
1. The Bacca or Berry is an inferior, indehiscent, one- or 
more celled, many-seeded, pulpy fruit (figs. 718 and 719). The 
pulp is produced from the placentas, which are parietal (fig. 718, 
pl), and have the seeds, s, s, at first attached to them ; but these 
become ultimately separated and lie loose inthe pulp, p. Exam- 
ples may be found in the Gooseberry and Currant. We have 
already stated (page 318), that the fruit of the Grape is called 
a Nuculanium (jig. 720), and that it differs in nothing essential 
from the berry, except in being superior. The name baccate or 
berried is applied by many botanists to any fruit of a pulpy nature, 
and will sometimes be used in this sense in our description of 
the natural orders. 
Fie. 718. Fig. 719. Fie. 721. 
Fig.718. Transverse section ofa berry of the Gooseberry (Ribes Grossularia). 
pl. Placentas. s,s. Seeds imbedded in pulp, p.—Fig. 719. Raceme of 
berries of the Red Currant (Ribes rubrum) Fig. 720. Nueulanium or 
fruit of the Vine (Vitis vinifera). Fig. 721. Transverse section of the 
pepo of the Melon. cl, cl, cl. Carpels. pl, pl, pl, pl, pl, pl. Curved placentas, 
sending processes, s, from the circumference, ¢, to the centre, and thus 
causing the fruit to be spuriously three-celled. 
2. The Pepo is an inferior, one-celled or spuriously three- 
celled (fig. 721), many-seeded, fleshy or pulpy fruit. The seeds 
are attached to parietal placentas, and are imbedded in pulp, 
but they never become loose as is the case in the berry ; and 
hence this fruit is readily distinguished from it. 
There has been much discussion with regard to the nature of 
the pepo. By some botanists the placentas are considered as 
axile, and the fruit normally three-celled, as it is formed of three 
