THE RECEPTACLE. 30$ 



ways distinguishable by any particular 

 figure, except in compound flowers con- 

 stituting the Linnaian class Sijngeiiesia, in 

 uhich it is very remarkable and important. 

 In the Daisy, /: 208, E//o/. Bof. t. 424, it 

 is conical; in C/wi/santheifUDU, t. 601, con- 

 vex; in others flat, or slightly concave. 

 VicriH, t. 972, has it naked, that is, destitute 

 of any hairs or scales between the florets or 

 seeds; Cardans, t. 675, hairy; AntheniUy 

 f. 602, scaly ; and Ofiopordum, f. 977? cel- 

 lular like a honey-comb,/*. 209- On this and 

 the seed-down are founded the most solid 

 generic characters of these plants, admira- 

 bly illustrated bv the inimitable Ga^rtner. 



The term Receptacle is sometimes ex- 

 tended by Linnaeus to express the base of 

 a flower, or even its internal part between 

 the stamens and pistils, provided there be 

 any thing remarkable in such parts, with- 

 out reference to the foundation of the 

 whole fructification. It also expresses the 

 part to which the seeds are attached in a 

 seed-vessel. 



