128 DIANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 
SeEps numerous very small. Receptacle sttap-s 
growing | lengthvvise to each valve of ie secevend 
PEER, Mich. Se ~ 
Male flower. 
Caz. 1 leaf, circular, opening at the side, obliquel ee 
_ lated’ outwardly, blunt, expanding, depressed, age, 
entire. 
Bioss. none. 
Sram. Filaments 2, awl-shaped, verooked, as long as the 
calyx. Anthers double, globular, short, rmanent. 
Pist. Germen egg-shaped. hs short. ummit indis- 
hehe Fao : 
S. Vzss. barren. 
_ Female flower on the same Sr 
Cat. as above. 
~ Bioss. none. . 
Pist. Germen somewhat aires ey Style short, pe 
manent. Summit simple. 
s. Met Capsule ater tapering to a point ; with 1 - 
Sexps several, oblo , acute at each end, nearly as long as ‘ 
the capsule, scored on one side. | 
Oss. Perfect hermaphrodite flowers have sori been 
— (Schreb.) 
SA'LIX, Tourn. 364, 
Male flowers. et 
Cat. Cathkin oblong, tiled on every ody Trvolucrum 
forming a bud, which is composed of y 
Scales, inelosing a single flower, pilots aie a sete 
ne 
P Shon Petals none, E 
“Nectary a cylindrical ind; very small eatelee con- ee 
Sram til hon > apis in the ane of the flower. — an oe 
; fs 2, straight, thread-sha lo fot 
the cup. Anthers dou le, with 4 gant Sse ye : 
