176 PENTANDRIA. MONOGYNIA, 
Stam. Filaments 5, awl-shaped, approaching. -Anthers 
oblong, approaching, fixed to the inner side, and about 
_. the middle of the filament. ee 
Pisr. Germens 4, Styles thread-shaped, longer than the’ 
anthers. Summit simple. at 
S. Vess. none. The cup grows larger, and inflated, 
SEEDs 4, roundish, wrinkled, keeled outwardly towards 
_» the point, globular at the base, lying lengthwise in a 
~ hollow of the receptacle. : 
Oss. ‘The shape of the segments of the cup, and the size of 
the tube of the blossom, are apt to vary. Linn. 
- ASPERU’GO. Tourn, 54. rea 
Car. Cup 1 leaf, permanent, with 5 upright unequal 
_. . segments. 
_ Bross. 1 petal, funnel-shaped. Tube cylindrical, iat 
short. Border with 5 shallow clefts, blunt, small 
a closed by 5 convex, projecting, approaching « 
valves. : ; ee 
Stam. Filaments 5, very short, fixed in the mouth of the 
ans Anthers rather oblon » covered, ; 
- Vermens 4, compressed, Style thread-shaped, short. 
P 8 blunt. oo. es. ee ae 
». VEss. none. The Cup very]. upright, compressed, 
the sides flat and parallel indeed ; 
SEEDs'4, oblong, compressed, in distant pairs. 
LYCOP’SIS, Gertn. 67. 
Cat. Cup with 5 divisions, permanent. Segments oblong, : 
= acute, —— : ie 
Loss. 1 petal, funnel-shaped. Tule cylindrical, crooked» _ 
Border with 5 shallow Ric, blunt. Mouth closed by — 
>.” Prominent, convex, approaching valves. == 
Sram. Filaments ‘, ry ana fixed to the bend of the — 
tube. Anthers-small, covered by the valves... vig “5 * 
Pist. Germens 4. a thread-shaped, as long as the 
SEEDs 4, rather lone. as = ie ali 
Ons. The essential character of this genus consists in the 
Curvature of the tube of the blossom, Linx. mame 
