46 AN INTRODUCTION 
C HA P; RV 
Of the different Structures of the RE ck P- 
TA C.LE. 
T is inthe Clafs Syngenefia * , which con- 
tains the compound Flowers, that the 
Varieties of the Receptacle are principally 
to be confidered. 
In refpect to its FIGURE, it is either 
Plane, flat, as in Achillea ; Convex, rounding, 
as in Matricaria; ot Conic, fhaped like a 
Cone, as in Anthemis and Melampodium. 
In refpect to its SURF ACE, it is either 
Naked, as in Matricaria; Punétate, dotted, as 
in Tragopogon ; Villofe, fhaggy ; as in Andryala; 
Setofe, briftly, as in Centaurea; or Paleace- 
ous, chaffy, asin Hypocheris and Anthemis, 
In fome fimple Flowers the Fruit has /- 
parate Receptacles, as in Magnolia, Uvaria, 
and Michelia. 
* See Part IJ. Chap. 22. 
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