Corolla. 1 Petal, bell-shaped, with 4 clefts, often bellying. 

 Stamina. Filaments 8, hair-like, standing on the receptacu- 



lum. Anthera cloven at the point. 

 Pistilla. Germ en roundish. Style thread-shaped, straight, 



longer than the stamina. Stigma resembling a little crown, 



with 4 clefts, and 4 edges. 

 Pericarpium. Capsua roundish, covered, smaller than the 



cup, with 4 cells and 4 valves, 

 Seeds numerous, very small. 



N. B. In some species the cal>x is double. Thefigureof 

 the blossom varies between egg-shaped and oblong. The sta- 

 mina in some species are longer, and in others shorter than the 

 blossom. The antherae in some, are notched at the end, in 

 others they are furnished with 2 awns. — The stigma also is dif- 

 ferent in different species. 



POLYGONUM. 



Calyx. Pcrianthium turban-shaped, with 5 divisions, colour- 

 ed within. 



Segments egg-shaped, blunt, permanent. 



Corolla, none, unless the cup of the b'ossom be so called. 



Stamina, filaments generally ft, awl-shaped, very short. An- 

 thera roundish, fixed sideways. 



Pistilla. Germen 3-comered. Styles generally 3, thread- 

 shaped, very short. Stigma simple. 



Pericarp] dm, none. The calyx wraps round the seed. 



Seed single, 3-cornered, acute. 



N. B. In some species there are 6 or 7 stamina, and in others 



only 5. In some, the pistillum is cloven. 



ADOXA. 



Calyx. Perianlhium beneath, cloven, flat, permanent. 

 Corolla, l Petal, with 4 clefts, flat. Segme?Us egg-shaped, 

 acute, longer than the cup. 



