D10ECIA.— DIANDRIA. 361 



POLYANDRIA. 



59a MENISPERMUM. sterile fl. Cal. 2-bracteri, 

 about 6-leaved, caducous. Pet. 6 — 9, glandu 

 lar, minute, and retuse. Star*. 16 — 24 ; anth. 

 adnate to the filaments, 4-lnberi, 2-celled. fer- 

 tile. Germens and st xjU, * 3 — 6. Drupes mostly 

 solitary, 1 -seeded. Nut lunate, compressed. 



MOrVADEJPHlA. 



391. JUNIPEKUS. sterile fl. Anient ovate ; scales 

 verticillan ■■, peltate, An'.h. 4 — 8, 1-celled. 

 fertile. Anient globose , tcales 3, coadunate. 

 Stig', gaping. Ktrrij with 3 bony l-«-eeded nttjte, 

 surrounded unh the united and tiei-hy scales. 



•T;?. TAXI'S. Flowers Vurrounded with numerous 

 scales. sterile fl. Stam* 8-- 10; anthers 

 peltate. fertile. Style ; trig, concave. 

 Drupe fleshy, open at tin extremity. .Yut 1- 



DIOECIA. 

 DIAXDRIA. 



572, VALLISNERIA. // h\c. 



:pirnlis, p. atnericana : leaves linear and obtuse, 

 equal the whole length, 3-nerved J margin acule- 

 ate! v semil- ,:n;i'-le- very short, fer- 

 tile, long Bpil .1. 



HABi. Sttli wtter, Aug %'. Lcav. C— 3 tin. 

 broad } capi eylind n long : ped.Jilifoi 



\\A\. Willow. Sertoli 



/. . r obsutrtch 



\ndidar: leaver linear k lanpaoJat*» i », ob- 



,rul;.tr ;it [hi i vreunly, pub.'.- 



ve. white and tomentoi ro 



