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several-celled compound inferior ovary, the cells of which separate 

 when ripe as indehiscent cocci. The separate halves of the two- 

 celled fruit of Umbelliferae are frequently called mericarps (figs. 

 298-300) (Galium and many other Rubiacese, &c.). 



Fig. 298. 



Fig. 300. 



Fig. 299. 



Fig. 298. Frnit of GEftontttf, the halres not separated. 



Fig. 299. Cross section of the fruit of the Carrot. 



Fig. 300. Fruit of Umbelliferae, the mericarps separated and hanging from the carpophore. 



Bacca, or Berry. The Bacca, or true berry, is an inferior 

 succulent fruit, crowned by the withered teeth of the calyx ; it is 

 uniformly pulpy, with a thin skin, the numerous seeds being im- 

 bedded in the pulp Gooseberry, Currant, Cornel (fig. 302), &c. 

 The term " baccate " is now generally applied to all succulent fruits, 

 whether superior or inferior, which have not a distinct stone like a 

 drupe, as fig. 301. 



Fig. 303. 



Fig. 304. 



Fig. 301 . Nuculanium, uva, or superior berry of Solanum, cut across. 

 Fig. 302. Berry of Cornel (Cornus mas). 

 Fig. 303. Vertical section of the pome of Mespilus (Medlar). 

 Fig. 304. Cross section of the pepo of Cucumber. 



