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276, II.), there are two loculi in the drupe, usually there is but 

 one. 



The berry, as seen in the Gooseberry (fig. 278), Grape, or 

 Currant, has the endocarp soft and succulent as well as the 



c 



Fig. 278.— Transverse 

 section through a 

 Gooseberry ; the 

 firmer outer layer of 

 the pericarp encloses 

 the succulent flesh ; 

 the seeds lie imbed- 

 ded in the latter, and 

 are attached by long 

 funiculi to two oppo- 

 site parietal placentae. 



Fig. 280,— Achene. 



Fig. 279. — Longiludinal section 

 through an Apple ; c, dry persis- 

 tent calyx limb ; e, loculi with 

 cartilaginous pericarp; t, meso- 

 carp. 



mesocarp, whilst the epicarp forms a skin. In the Gourd and 

 Cucumber we have a fruit much resembling the true berry, but 

 the outer layers are firmer and harder ; such a variety of berry 



Fig. 281. —I. Acorn of Quercus sessiliflora, with two empty cupules. II. Longitu- 

 dinal section through the fertilised pistillate flower, with the cupule in an early 

 state. 



is known as a pepo. The fruit of the Orange, known as a 

 hesperidium, is a multilocular berry ; whilst in the Apple we 

 have a berry-like pseudocarp, the fleshy edible portion being 

 the enlarged thalamus, and the scales above forming the re- 



