tiG PRINCIPLES OF BOTANY, EFC. 
called a false fruit, (fructus spurius). Some of these, 
én account of their resemblance, have got the name 
of that sort of pericarp which, without accurate in- 
vestigation, they most nearly resemble. Others 
have got peculiar names ; for instance, 
1. Strobile, (strobilus), is @ catkin, (§ 64), the 
scales of which have become woody, and, according 
to the nature of the plants, contain one or two 
loose seeds, or even nuts, under each scale. ‘The 
whole has the appearance of a particular sort of 
fruit. ‘The kinds of the strobilus are, 
a. Cylindrical, (cylindric#s), fig. ¥93. 
p. Conical, (eonicus), : 
y. Ovate, (ovatus) 
é. Spherical, (globosus), &c. 7 
2; The target, (pelta) ; thisis seen in the Lichens, 
and is a longish, blunt, flat, leaf-like receptacle, in the 
substance of which the seeds lie hid, fig. 226. 
3. The shield, (scutellc), is likewise found in the 
Lichens, and is a plate-shaped, flat, sometimes con- 
vex and sometimes.concave receptacle, furnished 
with a margin; sometimes raised and semetimes 
depressed, which incloses the seeds in its substance, 
fig. 3. | 
4. The tubercle, (tuberculum), is also’ found in 
‘Lichens, and is' a convex receptacle, of a figure 
somewhat various, in the substance of which the 
seeds lie. 
The other sorts of false fruit are, as we have al- 
ready said; denominated according to their resem- 
blance, as, 
as Vhefalse capsule, (capsula spuria). The Beechy 
Fagus 
