TRIANDRIA. TRIGYNIA. 5 
S. Vess. none. The blossom contains the seed until it is 
SEED, single, egg-oblong, blunt at each end, convex on 
one side, furrowed on the other, 
Oss. The outer valve of the blossom in some species is fur- 
nished with an awn; in others not. The middle floret is fre~ 
quently male. Linn.—The disposition of the spikets constitutes 
the only difference between this genus and Bromus. Score. 
TRIGYNIA. 
AMARAN’THUS. Tourn, 118, H.1.K. L. 
Malgflowers on the same plant with the female ones. 
Cup, leaves 5 or 3, upright, coloured, permanent, 
pie acute. 
Bross. none ; unless the calyx be conbidened as such. 
Stam. Filaments 5 or 3, han ike; 4 by aN oo but standing 
 raliae ne te ae Sitar at the eo: ors Chlomg, torn- 
t 
DoF enale flowers in the same bunch with the others. 
Cat. Cup the same as the other. 
Bross. none. 
Pist. Germen egg-shaped. Styles 3, short, awl-shaped. 
Summits “A permanent. 
S. Vess. Capsule egg-shaped, somewhat compressed, as 
is also the cup; of the size of the cup which contains 
it, and coloured like that, 3-beaked, cut round, gepled. 
Szep single, globular, compressed, large. 
Ons. There is only one species native — i and that has 
but 3 stamens in a flower. 
MON’TIA. Mich. 13. : 
Car. Cup 2 leaves ; leafits egg-shaped, concave, , blunt, 
| upright, permanent. 
Boss. 1 petal, with 5 divisions; the 3 alternate segments 
smaller, and suppo the stamens. 
Stam. Filaments 3, hair-like, as long as the blossom, into 
_ which they are inserted. Anthers small. 
Pisr. Germen turban-shaped. Styles 3, woolly, expand- 
ing. Summits simple. 
S. Vess. Capsule a eS blunt, covered, of 1 cell 
and 3 valves. 
SEEDs 3, roundish. - 
Oxs. The cup has frequently 3 leaves, and then dere are 
often 5 stamens, Lin v. 
