32 Of the receptacle. 
Obliquely deprejfed^ as in Adaea and Daphne. 
Eniarginate^ as in Melic. 
Orbiculate, as in Ly thrum. 
Peltate^ as in Nymphaea and Poppy. 
Coroniform^ as in Wintergreen. 
Hooked^ as in Sweet Violet. 
Canaliculate^ as in Colchic. 
Concave^ as in Panfy. 
Angular^ as in Muntingla. 
Flumofe^ feathered, as in. Rhubarb^ Trigloehiny- 
and Graffes. 
Penicilliforrn^ like a painter’s- pencil, as in Milium. 
Hairy ^ as in Cucubalus and Tare. 
Filiform^ like a thread, as in Zea. 
Foliaceous^ like a thin leaf, as in Sedge. PI. IV.- 
fig. 17. 
Perfijlent^ continuing with the fruit, as in Poppy 
and Nymphaea. 
Marcefcenti decaying with the Rower, as in moft 
plants. 
CHAPTER X. 
Of the receptacle. 
T he common receptacle of compound flowers 
has the following diftinclions. 
Plane^ as in Yarrow. 
Convexy as in Feverfew. 
Subulate^ rifing to a point in the middle. 
Paleaceousy furnilhed with falecCy membranaceous 
leaves between the florets, as in Camomile. 
Pilofe^ furnilhed with hairs, as in Thiftle. 
Naked y without paleae or hairs, as in Feverfew 
and Dandelion. Pi. V. fig. 19. b, 
PundiatCy dotted, as in Goatibeard. 
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