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5. POME, (jummm.) PL 14, fig. *i. Has a pulpy 

 coat like the drupe, but contains a capsule with several 

 seeds. Ex. Apple and Pear, Tyrus. 



6. BERRY, (bacca.) PI. 14, fig. 12. A fleshy peri- 

 carp without valves, containing one or more seeds en- 

 veloped with pulp. Ex. Gooseberry and Currant, 

 Ribes. 



Compound Berry, (bacca composita.) PI. 14, fig. J 3. 

 Consists of several single ones, each containing a seed, 

 united together. Ex. Raspberry, Rubus. Each sepa- 

 rate grain is denominated Acinus. 



Observation. The melon and cucumber tribe have a berry of a 

 peculiar kind ; the cells together with the seeds are remote from 

 the centre, the seeds being inserted into the sides of the fruit. 



7. STROBILE, (strobilus) Cone. PL 14, fig. 14. Is 

 a catkin or ainent, hardened and enlarged into a seed- 

 vessel. Ex. Pine and Fir. 



VI. Seeds. 



SEEDS, (semina^) are the sole end and aim of all 

 the organs of the fructification. Every other part is, 

 in some manner, subservient to the forming, perfecting, 

 or dispersing of them." 



A Seed consists of several parts. 



k CORCULE, (corculum.) PI. 16, fig. 8, b. c. This 

 is the chick or embryo of the future plant. It is the 

 essential part of the seed, to which all the rest are 

 wholly subservient, and without which no seed will 

 vegetate. 



The Corcule consists of two parts. 



1. Radicle, (radicula) 6, the descending part, which 

 unfolds itself into roots. 



2. Plume, (plumuld) c 9 the ascending part, which 

 unfolds itself into herbage. 



2. COTYLEDONS, (cotyledones.) Seed-lobes. PL 16, 

 fig. 8, a. a. They usually constitute the principal bulk 

 of the seed. They are attached immediately to the 



