eight at the mouth of the calyx-tube, half to two-thirds of 
a line long, oblong or linear-oblong, obtuse, emarginate, 
shortly bifid or obliquely and obtusely toothed at the apex. 
Stamens in two series, with very short filaments; anthers 
linear-oblong, the four upper exserted, the four lower in- 
cluded. Ovary oblong, with a tuft of hairs at the 
apex; style obliquely terminal, filiform, glabrous, included, 
es variable in length; stigma capitate, hairy.—N. E. 
3ROWN. 
Fig. 1, leaf; 2, involucral bract; 3, flower; 4, flower laid open; 5 and 
6, stamens; 7, pistil :—all enlarged. 
