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Pist. Germen oblong. Style thread-like, very long: 
_. Summit acute. j 
S. Vess. The blossom investing the seed. 
SEED. Nut of 1 cell. 
Oss. It has the flower of the PLAN TAGo, but not the fruit: 
Lixn.—Blossom with 3 ill-defined clefts. Syst. pl. and Hudson, 
PLANTA’GO. Tourn. 48. Gaertn. 51, | 
Car. Cup 4-clefted, very short, upright, permanent. 
Bross. 1 petal, permanent, shrivelling. Tule cylindrical, 
but somewhat globular. Border 4-clefted, reflected, 
Segments egg-shaped, acute. 
Stam. Filaments 4, hair-like, upright, exceedingly long. 
__ Anthers rather long, compressed, fixed sidewise. 
Pisr. Germen egg-shaped. Style thread-shaped, half as 
long at the stamens. Swmmits simple. _ 
S. Vess. Capsule egg-shaped, with 2 cells, cut round. 
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SEEps several, oblong. ee 
Ozs. The calyx in some species is equal, in others unequal. 
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CENTUN’CULUS. Gertn. 50, 
Cat. with 4 clefts, nding, permanent. Segments 
ne spear- haped longer ais the blossom. 
Buoss. 1 petal. Tube somewhat globular. Border flat, 
with 4 clefts. Segments nearly egg-shaped. 
Stam, ee: 4, nearly as long as the blossom. Anthers 
simple. 5 
Pisr.. eR roundish, within the tube of the blossom. 
Style thread-shaped, as long as the blossom, permanent. 
Summit simple. 
S. Vzss. ses at Jobular, of 1 cell, cut round. 
SEEDs several, aieuh: very small. 
SANGUISOR’BA. Fi: dan.97. = © 
oo Cup 2 leaves. Leafits opposite, very short, shed- 
Bross i petal, wheel-s » with 4 divisions. Segments 
egg-shaped, blunt, united by the claws. ae 
TAM.. Filaments 4, broader upwards, as long as the blos- 
. Som, dnthers small, roundish. : . 
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