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covering, which is called naucum. Almonds and Hazel-nuts 

 present examples of this. 



But if the nut be surrounded by a juicy or fleshy covering, 

 it is called a drupe (drupa), as in Plums and Cherries, and 

 Myoporum ; (Tab. III. Fig. SI.) 



113. 



A berry (baccd) is a juicy fruit, which contains one or 

 more seeds imbedded in the sap or juice. Grapes and Goose- 

 berries are common examples ; (Tab. I. Fig. 35.) 



114. 



A legume (legumen) is a long fruit with two valves, the 

 seeds of which are fixed on one and the same suture, but alter- 

 nately upon the two valves ; (Tab. I. Fig. 16.) The legume 

 has commonly but one compartment ; in Astragalus it has 

 two, and in Kennedia, Vent, it has several. 



A loment {lomentum) is a legume, which is divided cross- 

 ways into cells, as in Hippocrepis and Ornithopus ; (Tab. I. 

 Fig. 18.) 



A silique (siliqua) is a long, two-valved fruit, the seeds of 

 which are fixed to both sutures, as in Rape, Cabbage, and 

 Stocks; (Tab. I. Fig. 38.) 



A small silique {sUicula) is properly a silique, which is 

 aot much longer than broad, as in Thlaspi and Camelina, 

 (Tab. I. Fig. 7.) ; but improperly the nuts of Bunias and 

 Crambe also are so called, although they have neither sutures 

 nor valves. 



The follicle (Jhlliculus ^ is a long, one-valved fruit, which 

 opens only in one suture. It is found in the Contortse, in 

 Paeonia, Cimicifuga, and Butomus. 



Ehrhart has given the name Pyooidium to an utriculus 

 with one seed, which bursts crosswise, as in Plantago and 

 Amaranthus. We also find the phrase Capsula circumscissa 

 applied to this. 



