SECT. II. THE PERICARP. 



capsule of the Mosses is composed of a double 

 and net-like membrane, enclosed within a fine epi- 

 dermis. 



The Pome is composed of a fine but double epider- Pome, 

 mis, cr, as Knight says, of two skins, enclosing a 

 soft and fleshy pulp, with bundles of longitudinal 

 fibres passing through it, contiguous to, and in the 

 direction of, its longitudinal axis. 



The valves of the Legume are composed of an Legume, 

 epidermis enclosing a firm but fleshy pulp, lined 

 for the most part with a skinny membrane, and ,of 

 bundles of longitudinal fibres, forming the seam.' 



The Nut-shell, whether hard or bony, or flexible Nut-shell, 

 and leathery, is composed of a pulp more or less 

 highly indurated, interspersed with longitudinal 

 fibres, and covered with an epidermis. 



The Drupe is composed of an epidermis enclosing Drupe, 

 a fleshy pulp, which is sometimes so intervoven with 

 a multiplicy of longitudinal fibres as to seem to 

 consist wholly of threads, as in the Cocoa-nut. 



The Berry is composed of a very fine epidermis Berry, 

 enclosing a soft and juicy pulp. 



The scales of the Strobile are composed of a Strobile, 

 tough and leathery epidermis, enclosing a spongy but To epider- 

 often highly indurated pulp interspersed with Ion- bianc^ 

 gitudinal fibres that pervade also the axis. j and 



