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‘9. The Wart, (verruca), is asmall, obtuse, round . 
eminence, found on many seeds. 
10. Hoariness, (pruina), is afine white powder, 
that often covers the seeds and the pericarp, as in 
the plumb, Prunus domestica, Se. 
N. With regard to the surfaces and cloathing 
which are proper to the pericarp and the seeds, we 
refer to § 6:and'48, fig. 157; 158, 160, ‘161. 
§ 116. 
The RECEPTACLE, (receptaculum, thalamus, basis), 
is the place on which the germen or the ripe fruit 
stands. It is of two kinds, viz. proper, (proprium), 
bearing but one flower, or common, (commune), 
bearing several flowers, as’ is the case in the com. 
pound flowers; § 80. 
SOME 
The simple receptacle, (receptaculum proprium), 
is not much raised: it has commonly no greater sur- 
face than is necessary for the space occupied by the 
flower-stalk. Several plants, however, are an ex- 
ception to this, particularly those that have many 
styles. In these it cannot. be otherwise; a number 
of styles occupies a considerable space; and there- 
fore the receptacle is sometimes flat, (p/anum), some- 
times arched, (convexum), and sometimes spherical, 
(globosum). But the most remarkable kinds are the 
dry, (siccum), that is of a hard substance, and the 
fleshy, (carnosum), that is soft and succulent, as in 
the strawberry, Fragaria vesca, fig. 213. This fruit 
is Not a proper berry, but is a fleshy receptacle with 
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