Ch XI V\ 



REOtTTACLE. 



Fig. 59. 341. nth. spa* 



r//.r, is aL assem- 

 blage of flowers if row- 

 ing upon a common 

 receptacle, and sur- 

 rounded by a spatha 

 or sheath, as in the 

 Egyptian lily. 



342. At Pig. 59, 

 a, is a representation 

 of the blossom of the 

 Wild turnip, (arum)} 

 a, represents the spa- 

 tha, which is erect, 

 sheathing, oblongj 

 convolute at the base> 

 6, this is compressed 

 above and below the 

 middle ; c represents 

 the spadix, which 

 from its club-shaped 

 appearance, is called 

 clai'iform (from c la- 

 va, a club). 



343. At B (Fig. 59) is the spadix divested of the spatha, a 

 Is the claviform summit, 6 a ring of filaments without anthers, 

 c a ring of sessile anthers, d a dense ring of pistillate flower* 

 with sessile stigmas ; each germ produces a one celled globu- 

 lar berry. 



344. This is a plant of the class Moncecia, (one house,) be- 

 cause its staminate and pistillate flowers are separate, but yet 

 grow on the same plant ; it is in the order Polyandria, because 

 its s,tamens are numerous. 



Receptacle. 



345. The receptacle is the extremity of the peduncle ; at 

 first it supports the flower, and afterwards the fruit. As this is 

 it only use, it may properly be considered in connexion with 



341. Describe the spadix. 



34*2. What does Pig. 59 represent 1 



343. What is represented at B. Fig. 59 ? 



344. Why is the Wild Turnip in the class Muncecia, orebr Poly 

 and rial 



345. What is the receptacle 1 



