feræ, is known as a silique when it is distinctly longer than broad (Fig. 224), and a silicle when its breadth nearly equals or exceeds its length. A cruciferous capsule is 2-carpeled, with a thin partition, each locule containing seeds in two rows. The two valves detach from below upwards. Cabbage, turnip, mustard, water-cress, radish, rape, shepherd's purse, sweet alyssum, wall-*flower, honesty, are examples.
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Fig. 238.—Pyxis of Portulaca or Rose-moss.
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Fig. 239.—Berries of Gooseberry. Remains of calyx at c.
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Fig. 240.—Berry of the Ground Cherry or Husk Tomato, contained in the inflated calyx.
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Fig. 241.—Orange; example of a berry.
The pericarp may be fleshy and indehiscent. A pulpy pericarp with several or many seeds is a berry (Figs. 239, 240, 241). To the horticulturist a berry is a small, soft, edible fruit, without
