82 PENTA^DRIA. 



it has its name. The plant varies extremely in size, 

 according to the luxuriance of the soil. It blossoms 

 early in the summer, after which, it soon ripens and 

 sheds its seeds, and then withers. This is the only 

 English Genus of this Order of which there is only 

 this one species. 



Dr. Smith observes, that this plant is a remarkable 

 instance of few stamina, (though they often exceed 

 five) to a multitude of pistilla. 



