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peduncle becomes fleshy also, thus forming a globoid 

 syncarp. 



Now comes in a curious new departure, and the end 

 of the floral stalk (Receptacle 1 ) enters more and more 

 into the structure of the syncarp. In Dorstenia the end 

 of the peduncle expands to a flat or slightly concave, 

 variously shaped, fleshy receptacle, in which the small 

 drupes are imbedded. 



In Artocarpus (Fig. 67) and its allies the same imbed- 

 ding occurs, but the achenes and their free or fused, mem- 

 branous or pulpy perianths, are in a fleshy club-shaped or 

 globular receptacle, in some cases much larger than a 

 man's head and weighing many pounds. 



Fig. 68. Fig, Ficus Carica. 1, flowering shoot ; 2, female, and 3, 

 male flower enlarged ; 4, the fig in section, reduced (Wo). 



In the Figs the fleshy receptacle is deeply concave, 

 and the achenes are situated on its inner walls. 



1 N.B. This term is used in an unusual sense to denote the terminal 

 part of the inflorescence-axis. 



