Stamina. Filaments 10, awl-shaped, united at the base, so as 

 to form a sort of cup, expanding towards the top, alternately 

 longer and shorter ; shorter than the blossom. Anther <e ob- 

 long, turning about like a vane. 

 Pistillum. Germen with 5 angles, beaked. Style awl- shaped, 

 longer than the stamina, permanent. Stigmata 5, re- 

 flected. 

 Pericarpium. Capsula 5-secded, beaked, cells, opening in- 

 wardly, each terminated by an awn-like tail, very long, and 

 rolling up spirally. 

 Seeds solitary, rarely in pairs, egg-oblong. 



N. B. In some species the blossom is irregular; in others it 

 is regular, and the union of the filaments is not very evident. 

 In the Geranium cicutarium y pimpinellifolium, moschatum, and 

 maritimum, the flowers grow in umbels ; the calyx consists 

 of 5 leaves ; the blossom is not quite regular ; glands are placed 

 between the petals ; the filaments are 10, but only every other 

 filament is furnished with an anthera : the awn of the seed is 

 hairy. In the other (British) species, the flowers are solitary, 

 or in pairs; the calyx has 5 leaves ; the petals are regular, with 

 glands placed betwixt them ; the stamina are 10, distinct, all 

 bearing antherae ; the awn of the seed is smooth. In the Gera- 

 nium pusillum 5 of the filaments are without antherae, and the 

 awns of the seeds are covered with fine hairs. 



FUMARIA. 



Calyx. Perianthium 2 leaves ; leqfits opposite, equal, lateral, 



erect acute, small, deciduous. 

 Corolla, oblong, tubular, gaping, palate projecting and fill- 

 ing up the mouth. 



Upper Up flat, obtuse* notched at the end, reflected. 



(The Vexillum.J 

 The Nectarium is the base of the upper lip projecting back- 

 wards, obtuse. 



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