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FIG. 198. 



EXERCISE XXVI. 

 The Receptacle. 



The peculiarities of plants pointed out in this exercise 

 are not very common. But pupils who are using the 

 flower-schedule, and collecting all the plants they can 

 find, will be sure to meet with examples of them sooner 

 or later. This exercise should, therefore, be carefully 



FIG. 199. Convex Receptacle. 



FIG. 200. Receptacle, 

 greatly enlarged. 



read and borne in mind, so that when the things it de- 

 scribes are met with they will be recognized. 



You have seen the receptacle forming a swelling like 

 that of Fig. 199, and gradually expanding into a structure 

 like Fig. 200. Sometimes the receptacle is prolonged be* 



