TO BOTANY. 3* 



That the pericarpia are ever found one within ano- 

 ther, the greater containing the smaller ones, Lin- 

 iiieus refuses to admit ; tor although there is the ap- 

 pearance of such a singularity in Magnolia, Uvaria, 

 and Michelia, he thinks the outer pericarpium is in 

 such cases to be looked upon only as a common re* 

 ceptacle. 



Where the pericarpium is a berry, it is distu> 

 guishable into proper berries, those which are formed 

 of the pericarpium; and improper or singular, such as 

 are formed of any ot the other parts. 



The berry is improper or singular in the following 

 instances, viz. When it is a caly.u, as in Blitum, Mo- 

 rns, Baselia, Eph,dra, Coix, Rosa and Coriaria; a 

 receptacle, as in Taxus, Rhizophora, Anacardium, 

 Ochna, Laurus, Ficus, Dorstenia and Fragaria; a 

 seed, as in Rubus, Magnolia, Uv'aria; Michelia, Pra- 

 sium, Uvalaria, Panax, Adonis, Crambe arid Osteo- 

 spermum ; an arlllus, as in Euonyinus and Celastrus; 

 a neclarium, as in Mirabilis; a corolla, as in Adoxa, 

 Polerium and Coriaria ; a capsule, as in Euonymus, 

 Androsaemum, Cucubalus and Epidendrum ; a dry 

 berry, as in Linnaja, Galium, c. Tetragonia, My- 

 rica, Irientalis, Tropaeolum, Xanthium, Juglans, 

 Ptelea, Uhnus, Comarum, Amygdalus and Mirabilis; 

 a capsule externally, as in Dillenia, Clusia, Nymphaea, 

 Capparis, Breynia, Morisonia, Stratiotes, Cyclamen 

 and Strychnus ; a hollow berry, as in Staphylaea, Car- 

 diospermum and Capsicum ; a conceptacle, as in Ac- 

 ' ta?a ; a legumen, as in Hymeneea, Cassia, Inga and 

 Ceratonia ; or &strobilus, as in Anonaand Juniperus. 



The berry does not naturally burst, being soft, and 

 the dispersion of the seeds being designed to be by 

 means of animals. 



The berries of the Adonis of the Cape are evident- 

 ly aggregate, many united in one. 



