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Kemember, as observed by Bentley, that the fruit styled by him 

 *' Pepo," which is an ' ' inferior, one-celied, many-seeded, fleshy 

 or pulpy fruit," has seeds which are "attached to parietal placentas," 

 and " imbedded in pulp, but the^/ never become loose, as in the case of 

 the berry." 



In the Manual of Botany, just published by Professor J. 



Reynolds Green, F.R.S., D.Sc, F.L.S., of the Pharmaceutical 



Society of Great Britain ( Vol. /, June^ 1895), and based upon the 



Manual of the late Profe.ssor Bentley, just referred to, Professor 



Bentley 's classification seems to be considerably altered as regards 



terminology. The *'' berry " accordingly is described as one of tlie 



" true indehiscent^ monocaryellari/ fruits^ Professor Reynolds Green, 



in further detailing the characteristics of the fruit termed *' Berry," 



observes as follows * : — " Though the berry is usually formed 



from a syncarpous ovary, there is one form of it which may be 



included here. It is a succulent fruit with a single cell in which is a 



single seed. This is hard and stony, and, at first sight, may be taken 



to be the same thing as the stone of the plum. It is not so, however, 



as the latter is hollow and encloses the seed. In the stone is the 



seed. This form of fruit is seen in the date and some other palms." 



Thus, according to Professor Reynolds Green, no fruit of the Cucur- 



bitaceous order can be classed under the term "Berry," as it is not 



monocarpellary, but trica'i'pellary. Note that in Hooker's " Flora of 



British India," Clarke, oar Immediate Past President of the Linnjean 



Society, who writes the article on the R. 0. Cueurhitacece, distinctly 



says that the fruit of Corallocarpus epigwa is a " Berry." The 



difficulty to me is, as it doubtless would be to Mr. Clarke himself 



when reading this new description of Professor Reynolds Green's, that 



the Berry is now classified by the latter as a monocarpellary fruit — 



meaning that it is made of one carpel. I do not think the term 



monocarpellary CSLU be m.ada to indicate a fruit which consists of one 



cavity formed by the union of two or more cells. In the N, 0. Cucur- 



^ b/'tacece, the fruit is distinctly form,ed by the union of three carpels, 



, whereas monocarpellary would mean formed of one carpel only. Owiilg 



to this confusion of the connotation of the botanic term " Berry," as 



already observed, I have refrained from distinctly classifying the fruit 



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