196 ICOSANDRIA.— DI-PENTAGYNIA. 



2. telephioides : leaves broad, flat, ovate, acute a? 



each end ; corymbs many-flowered. 

 HAB. Rocky hills. U . Afoot high, leafy, pur 



plish ; fl. pale purp. 



DECAGYNIA. 



314. PHYTOLACCA. Poke. Atriplices. 



P. decandra : leaves ovate, acute at each end; flow- 

 ers with 10 stamens and 10 styles. 



HAB. Waste places. June— Oct. U . Smooth 

 4— Qft. high, purp. ; fl. racem. wh. ; her. purp, 



ICOSANDRIA, 

 MONOGYNIA, 



• lb. CACTUS. Cal. superior, many-cleft; segments 

 imbricate. Pet. numerous, inserted in several 

 series ; the interior ones larger. Stig. many- 

 cleft. Berry 1-celled, many-seeded. 



•H6. PRUNUS. Cal. inferior, campanulate, 5-cleft, 

 deciduous. Pet. 5. Drupe even. jVirt with a 

 prominent suture. 



Ml. LYTHRUM. Cal. tubular-campanulate, 6—12- 

 toothed. Pet. 6, equal, inserted upon the calyx, 

 Caps. 2 — 4-celled, many-seeded. 



$18. CUPHEA. Cal. ventricose, tubular, 6—1 2-tooth- 

 ed, unequal. Pet. 6, unequal, inserted into the 

 calyx. Caps, with the calyx bursting longitudi- 

 nally, 1-celled. 



DI-PENTAGYNIA. 



319. AGR1MONIA. Cal. inferior, 5-cleft, with a lobeti 



calicle at its base. Pet. 5. St am. 12. Achen. 



2, in the bottom of the calyx. 

 .",20. CRATAEGUS. Cal. superior, 5-cleft. Pet. 5. 



Styles 1 — 5. Fruit pulpy, closed, with from 2 — 



5 1 -seeded nuts. 

 SORBUS. Cal. 5-cleft. Pet. 5. Styles 2 or 3- 



Berry inferior, farinaceous, with 3 cartilaginous 



seeds, 



