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and in Trientalls it is covered with a sort of brittle 

 crust. The same may be said of the Gourd, Melon, 

 and Cucumber, together with the Lemon and 

 Orange, which, though regarded by botanists as 

 being varieties of the berry, are yet covered with 

 a thick coat or rind which is not pulpy. The seed- 

 vessel of Cucurbit aceous plants is even distin- 

 guished by Gaertner with a proper name, the Pepo, 

 and characterized by the peculiarity of having its 

 seeds situated remote from the axis and inserted 

 into the sides of the fruit. The figure of the berry 

 is for the most part globular, as in Vaccinium, and 

 the foregoing examples ; but in the Strawberry it 

 is oval. In Daphne it is one-seeded ; in Asparagus 

 it is : , generally two-seeded ; in the Ivy it is three- 

 seeded ; and in Nymph&a it is many-seeded. 

 Sometimes the seeds are irregularly dispersed in 

 the pulp, as in Nymphcea ; sometimes they are 

 attached to a common receptacle, as in Solanum ; 

 and sometimes the cells are separated by regular 

 partitions, as in the Lemon. 



In the foregoing examples the berry is said to Simple or 

 be simple, that is, when it consists of only onepund. 

 ovary ; but sometimes it is also said to be com- 

 pound, that is, when it consists of several ovaries 

 united into one mass, as in the Bramble and Bread- 

 fruit. In this case each ovary contains a seed, and 

 the individual ovaries are also farther designated by 

 the peculiar appellation of Acini. It should be 

 observed however that the berry of the bramble 



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