126 PRINCIPLES OF BOTANY, ETC. 
free seeds. In a few plants that have but one style, 
the receptacle is uncommonly strong and fleshy, 
as in the cashew nut, Anacardium occidental e, 
fig. 214. The fruit of this plant is a nut, that 
stands on a pear-shaped fleshy receptacle, as is the 
case likewise with the Semicarpus Anacardium, fig. 
216 and Gomphia japotapita, fig. 215. But the 
most remarkable is a Japanese tree that bears small 
capsules, and the flower-stalk of which is so ex- 
tremely thick and fleshy, that it has the appearance 
of a fleshy receptacle: it is the Hovenia dulcis, fig. 
208. 
Another kind of receptacle still is seen in uni- 
locular capsules: it is found in the centre of these, 
is pyramidal, and of a coriaceous substance: this is 
called a spongy receptacle, (receptaculum spongiosum). 
§ 118. i 
The common receptacle, (receptaculum commune), is 
of wide circumference, and contains a multitude of 
flowers. It is of the following kinds : 
1. Flat, (planum), that is perfectly even, fig. 218. 
2. Convex, (convexum), that is somewhat elevated 
in the centre. 
3. Conical, (conicum), that rises in the centre into 
a high round point, fig. 221. 
4. Smooth, (glabrum), that 1s destitute of hairs — 
or points. 
5. Hairy, (pilosum), that is set with stiff, short 
hairs. | 
6. Villous, (villosum), that is set with long, .soft 
hairs. | | 
7. Seta- 
