Stamina. Filaments 10, thread-shaped, shorter than the blos- 

 som, alternately longer and shorter. A.ihtTce roundish. 



Pistilla. Germen egg- shaped. Styles 5, hair-like, upright, 

 as long as the stamina Stigmata blunt. 



Pericarpium Capsula egg-cylindrical, or globular, blunt, 

 with i cell, opening at the top, with 10 teeth or 6 valves. 



Selds many, roundish. 



N B. Cerastium semi-decandrum has only 5 stamina in each 



flower. The species are subdivided into such as have oblong, and 



such as have globular capsulae. Linn. 



LVTHRUM. 

 Calyx. Perianthium l leaf, cylindrical, scored, with 12 teeth 



every other tooth smaller. 

 Corolla. Petals 6, oblong, rather blunt, ex; anding, fixed 



by the claws to the divisions of the calyx. 

 Stamina. Filaments 12, thread shaped, as long as the calyx, 



the upper shorter than the lower ones. Anthera simple, 



rising. 

 Pistillum. Germen oblong. Style awl-shaped, declining, as 



long as the stamina. Stigmata round and flat, rising. 

 Pericarpium. Capsula oblong, tapering to a point, covered j 



cells 2, or 1. 

 Seeds numerous, small. 



N. B. In the Ly thrum hyssopifolia, there are only C 



stamina. Linn. 



AGRIMONIA. 

 Calyx. Perianthium 1 leaf, with 5 clefts, acute, small, superior, 



permanent, surrounded by another calyx. 

 Corolla. Petals 5, flat, notched at the end j dates narrow, grow- 

 ing to the calyx. 

 Stamina. Filaments hair-like, shorter than the blussom, fixed 



to the calyx. Anthera small, double, compressed. 

 Pistilla. Germen beneath. Styles 2, simple, as long as the 



stamina. Stigmata blunt. 



