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with pulp, in which the seeds are embedded; their point of attachment is, 

 however, never lost. The cavity is also occasionally divided by folds of 

 the placenta into spurious cells, which has given rise to the belief that in 

 Pepo macrocarpus there is a central cell, which is not only untrue but 

 impossible. 



Examples. Cucumber, Melon, Gourd. 



XXX. BACCA. Berry. (Bacca, L.\ Acrosarcum, Desvaux.) jig. 162. 



One or more celled, many-seeded, inferior, indehiscent, pulpy; the attach- 

 ment of the seeds lost at maturity, when they become scattered in the substance 

 of the pulp. This is the true meaning of the term berry; which is, however, 

 often otherwise applied, either from mistaking nucules for seeds, or from a 

 misapprehension of the strict limits of the term. 



Example. Ribes. 



XXXI. BALAUSTA. (Balausta, Officin. Rich.) 



Many-celled, many-seeded, inferior, indehiscent; the seeds with a pulpy 

 coat, and attached distinctly to their placentae. The rind was called Malico- 

 rium by Ruellius. 



Example. Pomegranate. 



CLASS IV. Collective Fruits. ANTHOCARPI. 



Fruit of which the principal characters are derived from the thickened floral 



envelopes. 



XXXII. DICLESIUM. (Dyclesium, Desvaux ; Scleranthum, Mcench ; Catacle- 

 sium, Desvaux; Sacellus, Mirb.) 



Pericarpium indehiscent, one-seeded, enclosed within an indurated perian- 

 thium. 

 Examples. Mirabilis, Spinacia, Salsola. 



XXXIII. SPHALEROCARPUM. ( Sphalerocarpum, Desvaux; Nux baccata of 

 authors.) 



Pericarpium indehiscent, one-seeded, enclosed within a fleshy perianthium. 

 Examples. Hippophae, Taxus, Blitum, Basella. 



XXXIV. SYCONUS. (Syconus, Mirb.) 



A fleshy rachis, having the form of a flattened disk, or of a hollow receptacle? 

 with distinct flowers and dry pericarpia. 

 Examples. Ficus, Dorstenia, Ambora. 



XXXV. STROBILUS. Cone. (Conus, or Strobilus, Rich., Mirb. ; Galbulus, 

 Gaertn. ; Arcesthide, Desvaux ; Cachrys, Fuchs ; Pilula, Pliny.) 



fig. 168. 



An amentum, the carpella of which are scale-like, spread open, and bear 

 naked seeds; sometimes the scales are thin, with little cohesion; but they often 

 are woody, and cohere into a single tuberculated mass. 



The Galbulus differs from the strobilus only in being round, and having the 

 heads of the carpella much enlarged. The fruit of the Juniper is a Galbulus 

 with fleshy coalescent carpella. Desvaux calls it Arcesthide. 



Example. Pinus. 



