ones the shortest. Anther* oblong, upright, as high as the 



nectaria. 

 Pistilla. Germina 5,eg§-oblong, ending in awl-shaped styles, 



longer than the stamina. Stigmata upright, undivided: 



10 short, wrinkled, chaffy substances separate and enclose 



the germina. 

 Pericarpium. Capsutcc 5, distinct, cylindrical, parallel, 



straight, tapering to a point, with 1 valve, opening from the 



point inwardly. 

 Seeds many, egg-shaped, keeled, fixed to the opening seam. 



STRATIOTES. 



Flowers with Stamina. 

 Calyx. Spatha 2-leaved, containing 3 or 5 florets : leafits 

 boat-shaped, compressed, blunt, approaching, keeled, nearly 

 equal, permanent. 



Calyx l leaf, with 3 divisions, upright, deciduous. 

 Corolla. Petals 3, inversely heart-shaped, upright, but ex- 

 panding twice as large as the calyx. 



Nectaria 20, resembling antherae, strap-spear-shaped, acute, 

 placed in a circle, standing on the receptaculum. 

 Stamina. Filaments 12, thread-shaped, shorter than the nec- 

 taria, fixed to the receptaculum. Antherae strap-shaped, 

 upright. 



Flowers with Pistilla. 

 Calyx. Spatha as above, but enclosing only l floret. 



Calyx as above, superior. 

 Corolla, as above. 



Nectaria as above, but rather larger. 

 Pistilla. Germen beneath, egg-shaped, but with 6 angles, 

 and compressed. Styles 6, divided down to the base. Stigmata 

 simple, bent outwards. 

 Pericarpium. Berry egg-shaped, tapering at each end, with 

 6 sides, and 6 cells ; pulp pellucid. 



