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TRIANDRIA. DIGYNIA. . 48 
Bioss. none.) 
Sram. Filaments 3, hair-like, as long az the calyx. An- 
thers oblong, pendent. 
_ 900) Female flowers numerous, set exceedingly close, 
forming a catkin, which surrounds the stem. 
Ca. none. _ . 
Bross. none. » 
Pisr. Germen sitting on a little bristle, egg-shaped. Style ' 
awl-shaped. Summit hair-like, permanent. . 
S. Vess. none. Fruit very numerous, and forming a 
é cylinder. _ sug 
SEED single, egg-shaped, furnished with a style sitting on 
a sacha Down hair-like, fixed to the bristle which 
_ supports the seed, from its base to its middle, as long 
_as the pistil. ! 
~SPARGA‘NIUM, Tourn. 302. Gertn.19. | 
Male flowers numerous, collected into a little head, 
Cat. Common Catkin roundish, tiled very closely on every 
side, consisting of Proper Cups with 3 leaves, strap- 
- shaped, deciduous. : 
Bioss. none. 
Stam. Filaments 3, hair-like, as long as the cup. An- 
thers oblong. ‘ 
> 4. \ Female flowers. 
Caz. as above. Common Receptacle roundish. 
LOSs. none. a 
Pisr. Germen egg-shaped, ending in a short awl-shaped 
Style. Summits 1 or 2, acute, channelled, permanent. 
S. Vess. Drupa juiceless, turban-shaped, but terminated 
by a point, angular beneath. tig 
BED a Nut, hard as bone, oblong, egg-shaped, angular. 
_ Oss, The seed in some with 1 cell, in others with 2. 
Tourn. quoted by Linnzeus. 
seb bas bec: sli: DIGYNEA: 
-PHAL/ARIS. Pll. £10. Gertn 80. — 
CAL. double, containing 1 flower. st 
vss, - Outer gaat 2 yalvks: compressed. Valves boat- 
t.« Shaped, compressed, keeled, acute, nearly equal; edges 
* » Straight, parallel, approaching. wy 
