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3. The Silicle, a pouch, or less elongated pod, as 

 Whitlow-grass, fig. 6, and Shepherd's-purse, 

 fig, 7. 



4. The Legume^ a shell of two valves, without 

 any dissepiment, or partition, having the seeds 

 attached to one of its margins only, as the 

 Pea, fig. 9. 



5. The Nut, a hard shell, as the Hasel, fig. 1, « 

 pi. 13. 



6. The Drupe, a fleshy substance, enclosing a 

 nut, to which it is closely attached, as the 

 Cherry, fig. 2. b 



7. The Pome, a fleshy substance like the Drupe, 

 but containing a capsule of radiated cells, 

 with several seeds, as the Apple, fig. 3. 



8. The Berry, a fleshy substance without valves, 

 containing one or more seeds enveloped with 

 pulp, as the Gooseberry, where it is simple, 

 fig. 4, c or Raspberry, where it is compound, 

 fig. 5 : the fruit consisting of several berries 

 united together, each containing a seed. 



