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the genera have a two-grained fruit, of two cells, with a 

 solitary seed in each. But in Hedyotis and Oldenlandia 

 the cells contain many seeds; while in Cornus both cells 

 are united into one seed, which, nevertheless, has two cells. 

 The fruit has a green, fleshy, but not juicy, coat, nor does 

 it usually become coloured in ripening ; though in Rubia 

 the fruit is a perfect berry." 



(Of the remarks on particular genera, we find nothing 

 to extract except the following.) 



" Asperula tinctoria is used in Gothland instead of 

 Madder, and is preferable." 



" Sherardia has an oblong fruit, which the permanent 

 calyx renders toothed, or crowned with three points. It 

 was the fate of William Sherard, a man worthy in the 

 highest degree of botanical honour, to have two different 

 genera distinguished by his name, both which were after- 

 wards referred to others. Pontedera, Vaillant, and Dil- 

 lenius each published, at the same time, a Sherardia. 

 Pontedera described his plant so very obscurely, that it 

 was ten years before Linnaeus made it out to be his own 

 Gallenia. Vaillant called the two-seeded Verbena by the 

 name of Sherardia, but he was to blame in separating 

 them from their proper genus. Dillenius named a She- 

 rardia, from among the Slellata, which Linnaeus has re- 

 tained, though not very certainly distinct. Being unwill- 

 ing that so meritorious a botanist should remain without 

 a memorial, Linnaeus declined referring the plant in ques- 

 tion to Asperula-, especially as the three teeth, at the top 

 of each seed, may serve, if not very satisfactorily, to keep 

 it separate." 



" Valantia was so named by Tournefort ; but Vaillant, 

 perceiving it to be the same with Tournefort's Cruciata, 

 thought it a bad genus, which could not support itself. 

 He therefore wished to abolish all generic names, given 

 in honour of botanists, because he supposed his own was 

 untenable. But Tournefort confounded several genera 

 under the appellation of Cruciata, so that Linnaeus has 



