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BOTANY. 



tween the carpels, and coheres with their styles, which 

 separate from it at maturity, as seen in Figs. 201 and 202. 



FIG. 201. 



FlG. 202. 



FIG. 203. Cup- 

 shaped Receptacle. 



It sometimes appears as a cup-shaped depression (Fig. 

 203), in which the pistil is almost concealed, and again as 

 shown in Fig. 204. 



FIG. 204. Elevated Fleshy Receptacle. 



FIG. 205. a. Anthophore. 



When the receptacle becomes elongated, so that one 

 circle of floral organs is separated from another by a stalk- 

 like internode ; the circle thus raised is said to be stipitale, 



