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the seeds lost at maturity, when they become scattered in the substance of the 
pulp. This is the true meaning of the term berry ; which is, however, often 
otherwise applied, either from mistaking nucules for seeds, or from a mis- 
apprehension of the strict limits of the term. 
Example. Ribes. 
XXXI. Balausta. (Balausta, Officin. Rich.) 
Many-celled, many-seeded, inferior, indehiscent; the seeds with a pulpy 
coat, and attached distinctly to their placentae. The rind was called Malicorium 
by Ruellius. 
Example. Pomegranate. 
Class IV. Collective Fruits. ANTHOCARPI. 
Fruit of which the principal characters are derived from the thickened forai 
envelopes. 
XXXII. Diclesium. (Dyclesium, Desmwa?; Scleranthum, Afcewc/t; Catacle- 
sium, Desvaux ; Sacellus, Mirb.) 
Pericarpium indehiscent, one-seeded, enclosed within an indurated perian- 
thium. 
Examples. Mirabilis, Spinacia, Salsola. 
XXXIII. Sphalerocarpum. ( Sphalerocarpum, Desv. ; Nux baccata of 
authors . ) 
Pericarpium indehiscent, one-seeded, enclosed within a fleshy perianthium. 
Examples. Hippophae, Taxus, Blitum, Basella. 
XXXIV. Syconus. (Syconus, Mirh.) 
A fleshy rachis, having the form of a flattened disk, or of a hollow receptacle, 
with distinct flowers and dry pericarpia. i 
Examples. Ficus, Dorstenia, Ambora. 
XXXV. Strobilus. Cone. (Conus, or Strobilus, Rich., Mirb.', Galbulus, 
Gcertn. Arcesthide, Desvaux Cachrys, Fuchs; Pilula, Pliny.) 
fig. 168 . 
An amentum, the carpella of which are scale-like, spread open, and bear 
naked seeds ; sometimes the scales are thin, with little cohesion ; but they often 
are woody, and cohere into a single tuberculated mass. 
The Galbulus differs from the Strobilus only in being round, and having 
the heads of the carpella much enlarged. The fruit of the Juniper is a Gal- 
bulus, with fleshy coalescent carpella. Desvaux calls it Arcesthide. 
Example. Pinus. 
XXXVI. SoROsis. (Sorosis, Mirb.) 
A spike or raceme converted into a fleshy fruit by the cohesion, in a single 
mass, of the ovaria and floral envelopes. 
Examples. Ananassa, Morns, Artocarpus. 
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