162 TETRANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 
Ons. In G. cruciatum male flowers are sometimes found, 
and the number of stamens varies, as likewise do the divisions 
of the blossom, from 3 to. 5... 
RUBIA. Tourn, 38. 
Car. Cup very small, with 4 teeth, superior, 
Bross. 1 petal, bell-shaped, with 4 divisions, without a 
““S=tide. 7 : 
Sram. Filaments 4, awl-shaped, shorter than the blossom. 
Anthers simple. 
Pisr. Germen beneath, double. Style thread-shaped, 
__Cloven at the top. Summits knobbed. ie 
S. Vrss. 2 smooth lerries, united, 
‘SEED solitary, roundish, with a hollow dot. 
Ozs. The blossom has frequently 5 divisions. Linn. 
EX’ACUM. Gertn.114. © pete 
— Car. * leaves ; leafits egg-shaped, blunt, upright but 
expanding, permanent. ; 
Buoss. 1 aN permanent. Tule globular, as long as 
the falye. Border 4 cleft. Segments roundish, ex- 
panding, : scare 
Stam. Fy 84, thread-shaped, fixed to the tube, as 
long as the border. Anthers roundish. | 
Pist. Germen roundish, filling the tube. Style thread- 
rie upright, as long as the border. Summit # 
nob, - Sek es | 
S. Vess. Capsule roundish, compressed, 2-furrowed, 
2-celled, as long as the calyx. pea 
SEEDs numerous, fixed to the central receptacle. 
LITTOREL’LA. Fi. dan. 170. 
Male flowers. : 
Car. Cup 4 leaves, w right, ea 7 ee 
Bian, fetal 1, Tube as long as the cup. Border with — 
4 divisions, upright, permanent, +3 Wig 
Sram. Filaments 4, ‘thread-shaped, very long, inserted — 
into the receptacle. _Anthers heart-shaped. gree 
a Female flowers on the same DAR cnciat’. eee 
VALEMONG, 3 c | ape se 
Bross. Petal 1, conical, mouth mostly with 4 clefts, 
permanent, % tiles 
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