TETRANDRIA, TETRAGYNIA. 1§9 
BUX’US, Tourn, 345. 
‘Male flowers projecting from the buds of the tree. . 
Car. Cup 3 leaves; leafits circular, blunt, concave, ex- 
Bioss. Petals 2, circular, concave, resembling the cup, 
. but larger, ; 
TAM. Filaments 4, aw\-shaped, upright, but expandi 
generally longer than the cup. Intl ; ad 
thers upright, double. — 
Pist. Germen only a rudiment, without sttle or summit. 
Female flowers in the same bud with the others. — 
Car. Cup leaves; leafits circular, blunt, concave, ex- 
panding. 
Bioss. Petals 3, circular, concave, resembling the cup, 
. butlarger. — eee e : 
Pist. Germen roundish, with 3 blunt edges, ending in 3 | 
very short permanent Styles. Summits blunt, rough 
S. Vess. Capsule roundish, with 3 beaks and 3 cells, 
i astically in 3 directions. 7 
SEDs 2, oblong, roundish on one side, flat on the other. 
TETRAGYNIA. 
VLEX. Tourn. 371; Aquifolium. 
CaL. Cup 4-toothed, very small, permanent. © | 
Bioss. {pail with 4 dorian; wheel-shaped. Segments 
roundish, concave, expanding, rather large, alan 
__ by the claws. 
Sram. Filaments 4, awl-shaped, shorter than the blossom. 
Anthers small. ieee 
Pist. Germen roundish. Styles none. Summits 4, blunt. 
8. Vess. Berry roundish, with 4 cells. sd 
Szeps solitary, hard as bone, oblong, blunt, bellying on 
~ one side, angular on the other. wast 
_ Ops. Great variations take place in the flowers of the Ilex 
aquifolium; sometimes the stamens and pistils are found on 
distinct plants ; sometimes on the same es but in different 
flowers; sometimes again the flowers have 5 stamens; and | 
tly there are male and female, as well as 
flowers, on the same, or on different plants. 
