BERRIES 



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as an example. In the solanums proper, as the 

 nightshade, potato, egg-plant, and also in the toma- 

 toes, the fruits are berries ; in the petunias,, to- 

 bacco, and datura or jimson-weed (some kinds cul- 

 tivated under the name of brugmansia) , the fruits 

 are capsular and dehiscent. In fact, in some of 



Pia. 273. 

 Berries of Scuppemong grape. 



the solanumfe, the berry is so hard and dry as to 

 suggest a capsule. Berries and capsules are fun- 

 damentally not greatly unlike. 



