TRIANDRIA. ENNEAGYNIA, 157 
ENNEAGYNILA4. 
EM’PETRUM. Tourn. 421, 
_ Male flowers. 
Cat. Cup with 3 divisions. Segments egg-shaped, per- 
manent. _ 
Buoss. Petals 3, oblong-egg-shaped, narrowest at the 
base, larger than the cup, shrivelling. 
Stam. Filaments 3, hair-like, very long, hanging down. 
Anthers upright, short, cloven.. - 
Male flowers. 
Car. Cup as above. 
Bross. Petals as above. 
Pisr. Germen depressed. Style hardly any. Summits 95 
bent back, but ney 2 
8. Vuss. Berry round and flat, depressed, larger than the 
cup, with 1 cell, 
Skeps 9, placed in a jointed circle, bulging on one side, 
angular on the other. 
Ons. Sometimes, though very rarely, flowers have been 
found containing both stamens and pistils, 
