Pistilla. Germen beneath. Styles 2, thread-shaped, longer 

 than the petals, permanent. Stigmata knob-like. 



Psricarpium , none. Fruit nearly egg-shaped, furrowed, divi- 

 sible into 2. 



Seeds 2, somewhat egg-shaped, convex and scored on one side, 

 fiat on the other. 



,ETHUSA. 

 Calyx. Umbel expanding, the inner spokes gradually shorter, 

 those in the centre the shortet of all. Umhellules small, 

 expanding. 



General In-vclucrum none ; partial going half way round, 

 upon the outer side, leafds 3 or b, trap-shaped, very long, 

 pendant. 



Calyx hardly perceptible. 

 Corolla. General, nearly uniform. Florets all fertile. 



Individuals, petals 5, unequal, heart-shaped, bent in- 

 wards. 

 Stamina. Filaments 5, simple. Anthera roundish. 

 Pistilla. Germen beneath. Styles 2, reflected. Stigmata 



b'unt. 

 Pericarpium. none. Fruit roundish-egg-shaped, scored, 



divisible into 2. 

 Seeds 2, roundish, scored : on the other side, which is about a 

 third part, flat. 



PARNASS1A. 



Calyx. Perianthium with 5 divisions, permanent. Segments 

 oblong, expanding. 



Corolla. Petals 5, nearly circular, scored, concave, expand- 

 ing. 



Nectar! a 5, each being a concave heart-shaped substance, 

 furnished with 13 rays set along the edge, gradually taller, 

 and each terminated by a little globe, (or with 3 divisions 

 rays equal, each bearing a globule.) 



