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TETRANDRIA 
- MONOGYN1A. 
DIPSA’CUS. Tourn. 265. Gertn. 86. 
Car. Common Cup of many leaves containing many florets. 
Legfits longer than the florets, flexible, permanent. 
Proper Cup superior, scarcel perceptible. . 
Buoss. general, regular. Individuals of 1 petal, tubular. 
—— Borderwith 4 clefts, upright; the outer Segment larger 
and more acute, ~ 
Stam. Filaments 4, hair-like, longer than the blossom. 
Anthers fixed sidewise. ‘ 3 
Pisr. Germen beneath. tyle thread-shaped, as long as 
the blossom. Summitsimple. = = = 
S. Vess. none. oe OE nes 
Szxp solitary, resembling a square pillar, crowned with 
the entire margin of the proper eup. Receptacle com- 
~ mon, conical. Fiorets separated by long chaff. 
SCABIO’SA. Tourn, 263. 264. Gertn. 86. 
Ca. Common Cup of many leaves, expanding, containing. . 
_ many florets. The Leafits sit upon, and surround the 
receptacle in several rows, the inner ones of which 
become gradually smaller. he teres Re: 
Proper Cup double, superior. ogiis sav 
Outer Cup shorter, membranaceous, plaited, per- 
“manent. : 3 
_, tuner Cup with 5 divisions. Segments awl-shaped, 
but very slender. se eg ; 
Bross, general, regular, but mostly composed of irregular 
orets. : eae : 
_. Andividuals of 1 petal, tubular, with 4 or 5. clefts, 
Stam: Filaments 4, between awl and hair-shaped, limber. 
p.__ Gnthers oblong, fixed sidewise. erst 
Pisr.. Germen beneath, rolled in'a” proper ‘sheath, like a 
- little cup. Style thead-shaped, as long as'the blossom. 
_ Stmmit blunt, obliquely notched at the end. 
