valves, but joined at the base. Segments circular, blunt, 



concave, upright, but the points approaching, open at the 



sides. 

 Corolla, none. 

 Stamina. Filaments 4, very short. Anther* oblong, angular, 



almost as long as the calyx. 



Flowers with Fist ilia. 

 Calyx. Perianthium l leaf, egg-oblong, tubular, club-shaped, 



cloven at the rim, deciduous. 

 Corolla, none. 

 Pistillum. Germen roundish, small. Style simple, very 



short. Stigma rather thick, oblong, upright, twice as long 



as the calyx. 

 Pericarpium. Berry nearly globular, with l cell. 

 Seed single, oblong. 



N. B. In Hippophae rhamnoides complete flowers have some- 

 times been found among the staminiferous blossoms, from 

 which circumstance it is here placed in the Class Polygamia. 



