SEED-VESSELS. 



IFFERENT varieties of the Ground 

 Cheny family (^PJiysalis) are entitled 

 to particular notice. The peculiar 

 characteristic of this family of plants 

 is the berry, enclosed in a bladder-like receptacle. 

 These berries are about the size of cherries, with 

 color yellow, red, or purple, and having a pleasant, 

 sweet taste. The green covering becomes of a yel- 

 lowish color when the fruit is ripe, and they fall 

 to the ground together, when the curious case will 

 soon become perfectly skeletonized by contact with 

 the damp ground. But as they are very liable to be 

 eaten by insects while on the ground, it is much 



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