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637 Receptaculum Punctatum, a Receptacle marked with 

 hollow punctures. 



638 Pilosum (241) hairy. 



639 Paleaceum, chaffy scales which distin- 



guish the florets. 



640 Planum (246) plain, a flat surface. 



641 Convexum (249) the disk eleva.ed. 



642 Conicum, cone-shaped, rounded and les- 

 sening towards the point. 



643 Subulatum (269) awl-shaped. 



644 Compositus flos, a compound flower, with the receptacle 



spread out and entire, the florets sessile. 



645 Aggregatus-flos, an aggregate flower, the receptacle en- 



larged, and the florets on little peduncles. 



646 Umbella, an umbel, a receptacle which from a common 



centre, runs out into thread-shaped footstalks 

 of proportionate lengths. 



647 Simplex, when the footstalks proceed from one 



and the same centre of the receptacle. 



648 Composita, when every footstalk of the general 



umbel produces a partial umbel. 

 649 Universalis, composed of many simple umbels. 



650 P^rthM", a little umbel, a part supported by 



the universal umbel. 



651 Prolifera, an umbel more than decompound. 



652 Cyma, a receptacle producing many footstalks from 



the same centre, that are of unequal lengths, the par- 

 tial ones irregular on long fastigiate peduncles. 



653 Rachis, a thread-shaped receptacle, the flowers adher- 



ing to it lengthwise, and forming a spike. 



654 Spadix, the receptacle of a palm, produced within a spa- 



tha or sheath, divided into branches that bear the fruit. 



655 Bulbus, is an Hybernacle placed on the descending cau- 



dex, and contains the rudiment of the plant 

 and leaf that perishes. 



fl6 Solidus, a solid fleshy bulb, without any internal 



divisions. 



657 Tunicatus, bulbs having coats lying over each 



other like the onion. 



658 Squamatus, bulbs consisting of imbricated scales, 



as in the lily. 



659 Caulinus, bulbs growing on the stalk of the plant. 



660 Gemma, a bud, is an hyberuacle of the future plant 



with its leaves. 



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