TETRANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 161 
SHERARDIA. Gertn, 24. 
Cat. Cup small ; with 4 teeth, superior, permanent. 
Bross. 1 petal, funnel-shaped. Tube cylindrical, long. 
é Border with 4 divisions. Segments flat, acute. ~ 
Stam. Filaments 4, situated at the top of the tube. -da- 
thers simple. | neeee veel 
Pist. Germen beneath, double, oblong. Style thread- 
shaped, cloven at the top. Summits little knobs. __ 
S. Vess. none, Fruit oblong, crowned, separable length- 
_ wise into 2 seeds. Ea 
SzEDs 2; oblong convex on one side; flat on the other ; 
with 3 sharp points at the top. ae | 
: Oss. The Sherardia arvensis has generally 5 or 6 teeth on 
acu. EOS GOD ; 
ASPE’RULA. Curt.249, : 
Cat. small, 4 toothed, superior. © = 
Border with 4 diyisions,: segments’ oblong, blunt, 
reflected. eae : . : 
Stam. Filaments 4; situated at the top of the tube, 
Anthers simple. * 
Pisr, Germen beneath,!double, roundish. Style thread- 
_ shaped, cloven at the top. Swmmits knobbed.» — 
S. Vess, 2 dry globular lerries adhering together. 
SkEps solitary, roundish, large. a aa 
, Ozs. The distinction between AspenuLA and Ga.ivum, 
taken from the length of the tube of the blossom, is sufficiently 
- Obvious in their respective extremes, but in some of the former, 
It becomes so shott, that the 2 genera seem to run into one. 
(Wigg.) 
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GA'LIUM. Tourn. 39. Gertn. 24, 
Car, very small, with 4 teeth, superior. 
Bross. Thoed, wheel-shaped, with 4 divisions, acute, 
without a tube. — Bes ‘ 
Stam. Filaments 4, awl-shaped, shorter than the bloss. 
Anthers simple. fe 
Pisr. Germen double. Style thread-shaped,  cloven half 
_ way down, as long as the stamens. Summits globular. 
S. Vess. @ dry pire berries ; united. == 
SzEp solitary, large, kidney-shaped. 
Vox. I, 'M 
