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b. Pomum, a succulent or fleshy, two- or many- celled 



berry, the dissepiments of which are fleshy or bony, 

 and coherent at the axis ; as Pyrus, Crataegus, Cydo- 

 nia, Sapota, and others. 



c. Pepo, a fleshy berry with the seeds attached at a dis- 



tance from the axis upon the parietes of the pericarp ; 

 as Cucumis, Stratiotes, Passiflora, Vareca, and others. 

 To the term bacca all other succulent fruits are referred 

 which belong to neither Acinus, Pomum, nor Pepo; 

 as Garcinia, Caryophyllus, Cucubalus, Hedera. 



6. Legumen, the fruit of Leguminosae. 



7. Siliqua and Silicula, the fruit of Cruciferae. 

 WiLLDENOW defines those employed by liim in the following 



manner: — 



1. Utriculus, a thin skin enclosing a single seed. Adonis, 

 Galium, Amaranthus. 



2. Samara, a pericarp containing one, or at most two seeds, 

 and surrounded by a thin membrane, either along its whole 

 circumference or at the point, or even at the side. Ulmus, 

 Acer, Betula. 



3. Folliculus, an oblong pericarp, bursting longitudinally 

 on one side, and filled with seeds. Vinca. 



4. Capsula, a pericarp, consisting of a thin coat containing 

 many seeds, often divided into cells, and assuming various 

 forms. Silene, Primula, Scrophularia, Euphorbia, Magnolia. 



5. Nux, a seed covered with a hard shell which does not 

 burst. Corylus, Quercus, Cannabis. 



6. Drupa, a nut covered with a thick succulent or carti- 

 laginous coat. Prunus, Cocos, Tetragonia, Juglans, Myris- 

 tica, Sparganium. 



7. Bacca, a succulent fruit containing several seeds, and not 

 dehiscing. It encloses the seeds without any determinate 

 order, or it is divided by a thin membrane into cells. Ribes, 

 Garcinia, Hedei-a, Tilia. Rubus has a compound bacca. 



8. Pomum, a fleshy fruit that internally contains a capsule 

 for the seed. It differs from the celled berry in having a 

 perfect capsule in the heart. Pyrus. 



9. Pepo, a succulent fruit which has its seeds attached to 

 the inner surface of the rind. Cucumis, Passiflora, Stratiotes. 



10. Siliqua, a dry elongated pericarp, consisting of two 



