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When it is a bafe, to which the parts of the 
flower are joined, and not the germe, it is a 
Receptacle of the jflower, which may be feen 
in dog-tooth violet (dens canis), primrofe 
(primula), and in various other flowers : in 
which cafe the germe, being placed below 
the receptacle of the flower, has a proper 
bafe of it's own, which is called the Recep- 
tacle of the Fruit : of this the tree-primrofe 
(cenothera) is an example. Linneus does not 
mention the Receptacle in his Genera Plan- 
tarum, ex'cept when he can introduce it as a 
character varying in fhape and fur face ; by 
which feveral of the genera of the clafs Syn^ 
genefia, United Anthers, are diftinftly marked. 
With the alphabet, or 26 marks taken from 
the fructification, added to the number, 
figure, fituation, and proportion, Linneus 
has fo well diftinguifhed the genera from 
each other, that nothing more is wanting to 
enable us to read the whole vegetable king- 
dom. When an elfential character could be 
obtained he has added it, as that taken from 
the nectaries in parnaflia, hellebore, ranun- 
culus, and ji?onite. Could fo diftinguifhed a 
mark be found in all genera, it would render 
the ftudy of botany agreeable indeed; and we 
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