TETRANDRIA. MONOGYNIA, 165 
Cau, Cupt leaf with 4 clefts, flat, blunt, the size of half 
the involucrum. te% 
Bross. none, unless the cup be considered as such. 
Stam. Filaments 4, awl-shaped, longer than. the eup, 
_» bursting it open, permanent. Anthers double, 
Pist, Germen egg-shaped. Style thread-shaped, coloured, 
Summit poscliebarek withaknob,.. 
S. Vess. none. The Cup becoming longer, larger, and 
bell- shapes and its segments approaching, closes upon 
e seed, ; 
SEED single, egg-shaped. : 
One Female flower placed between the other 2, 
.. within the same involucrum, ig 5 3 
Cau, as above. 
Boss. none, 
8 ide rag tases nad arts ba 
. VEss. none. Cup slender, inclosi e fruit. 
SEED as above. * ibis 
URTY'CA. Tourn. 308. 
Male flowers. 
Cat. Cup 4 leaves, circular, concave, blunt. 
Buoss. Petals none. 
Nectary in the centre of the flower, glass-shaped, 
entire, narrower at bottom, very small. exit. 
_ Sram. Filaments 4, awl-shaped, ‘as long as the cup, ex- 
panding, 1 placed within each leaf of the cup. Anthers 
with 2 cells. ; OT be 
Female flowers upon the same, or upon a different 
lant. 16 « : 
Ca, Cup with 2 valves, egg-shaped, concave upright, 
permanent. 
Buoss. none. ” 
Pisr. Germen egg-shaped. Style none. Summit woolly. 
S. Vess. none. Cup closing. 3 
S Szep single, egg-shaped, compressed, blunt, shining. 
VIS’CUM. Tourn. 380. Gerin. 27. 
Male flowers. 
Car. Cup with 4 divisions; leaves egg-shaped, equal. 
Bross, none. 3 yi eg 
Sram. 4. Filaments none. Anthers oblong, tapering, } 
fixed to each leaf of the cup. 
