m DIOECIA.— TRIANDRIA. 



570; MOMORDICA. Balsam -apple. Cucurbiiacea:. 



M ? echinuta : pericarp a pomaceoua berr\ , 4-seeded. 

 inflated, roundish, setose-echinate , leaves cord- 

 ate, angularly 5-lqbed, acuminate, entire; calyx 

 6-cleft ; corolla 6-parted. 

 HAB. Bank:* of rivers. Aug. ©. Climbing; f. 

 small ; fr. 1-i in. long. 



571. SICYOS. Single-seeded. Cucurbit aceoc. 



•S. angulata : leave? cordate, 5-<>r )t ;led, dentate, sca- 

 brous ; fruit clustered, hispi . 

 HAB. Bank* of rivers, &r. © . Climbing; stem 

 pubes. ; leav. peliot. ; fr. small, ovate, 



DIOECIA. 



DiANDRIA. 



57L\ VALLTSNERIA. stam. fl. Spain ovale, 2-part~ 



ed. Spadix covered with minute flowers. Cal. 



3-parted. fistillif. Spath bifid, 1 -flowered. 



Cal. 3-parted, superior. Cor. 3- peialled. Stig. 



ligulate. bifid. Caps, valvehss, 1 -celled. Seeds 



numerous, attached to the sides. 

 573. SALIX. stam. fl. Ament cylmdric ; scales 1- 



flowered, imbricate, with a nectariferous giant! 



at the base. Cal. and Cor. 0. Stam. 1 — 5. 



fertile fl. Scales of the ament 1 -flowered. 



Cal. and Cor. 0. Stig. 2, mostly bifid. Cops. 



1 -celled, 2-vaIve.d, many-speeded. Seeds co 



moso. 

 674. FRAXlNU.a Cal. 0, or 3— 4-eleft. Cor. 0, or 



4-petalled. Stnm. 2. Caps. 2 celled, 2-seeded, 



compressed and folia' eoojs at the extreoiih ■. 



Seed solitary, pendulous. — Polygamous. 



TtUANDBIA. 



575. EMPETRUM. Cal. 3 parted, persistent, stam 

 fl. Pet. 3, marcescent. Stam. 3 ; filaments 



