Class Vll. HEPTANDRIA. Stama. 



Orderl. MONOGYNIA. Pistil I. 



210. TRIENTALIS. Cal. of 7 leaves. Cor. in 7 deep 

 segments, equal and flat. Caj^s. of about 7 valves. 

 Seeds tunicated. 



Ultnus 4. 



HEPTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



210. TRIENTALIS. Chickweed Winter- 

 green. 



Rupp. Jen. ed. 1. 20. Linn. Gen. 183. Juss. 96. Fl. Br. 406. Rees 

 Cycl.v.36. Lam.t.275. Gcertn.t.50. 



Nat. Ord. Rotacea;. Linn. 20. Lyshnachicc. Juss. 34. 



Cal. inferior, of 7 awl-shaped, acute, spreading, permanent 

 leaves. Cor. of 1 petal, wheel-shaped, in 7 deep, spread- 

 ing, elliptic-lanceolate, nearly equal, segments, alternate 

 with the calyx, very slightly connected. Filam. capillary, 

 spreading, the length of the calyx, shorter than the co- 

 rolla, inserted into the base of each segment. Anth. ter- 

 minal, oblong, recurved. Germ, globose, superior. Style 

 cylindrical, rather swelling upwards, the length of the 

 stamens. Stigma obtuse. C«p5. globose, of 1 cell, and 7 el- 

 liptic-oblong valves, rarely fewer, shorter than the calyx, 

 with obtuse recurved points. Seeds few, roundish, some- 

 what angular at the inner side, each invested with a lax, 

 white, membranous, reticulated tunic, and all together 

 covering the large, central, globose, cellular receptacle. 



The parts of fructification were observed by Linnaeus to 

 varv occasionally as to number. 



