Stamina. Filaments g, awl-shaped, upright, disposed in 3 

 rows ; the middlemost row in the centre sends out an awl- 

 shaped little pillar, resembling a style, from the inner side 

 of the base. The other 2 rows are connected at the base, so 

 that the outer and inner filament adhere together. Anther* 

 simple. 



Pistilla. Germen only a rudiment, in the centre of the flower. 

 Flowers with Pistilla. 



Calyx. Spatha none. Flower-* solitary. 

 Calyx proper as above, superior. 



Corolla, as above. 



Pistilla. Germen beneath, roundish. Styles as long as the 

 calyx, compressed, cloven and furrovsed. Stigmata cloven, 

 ta; ering to a point. 



Pkricarpium. Capsula like leather, roundish, with 6 cells. 



Seeds numerous, very small, roundish. 



TAXUS. 



Flowers with Stamina. 



Calyx, none, except the Bud, which resembles a calyx with 

 4 leaves. 



Corolla, none. 



Stamina. Filaments numerous, united below into a column 

 longer than the bud. Anthera depressed, obtuse at the edge 

 with 8 clefts, opening all round at the base; after shed- 

 ding their pollen, flat, target-shaped, and the clefts in the 

 edge become more remarkable. 



Flowers with Pistilla on another plant 



Calyx as above. 



Corolla, none. 



Pistillum. Germen egg-shaped, but tapering to a point. Style 

 none. Stigma obtuse. 



Pericarpium. Berry an expansion of the receptaculum, suc- 

 culent and globular, open at the end, coloured. In course 

 of time it becomes dry, decays, and disappears. 



