PENTANDRIA. MONOGYNIA, 177 
E’CHIUM. Tourn. 54. 
Car. Cap with 5 divisions, upright, permanent. Seg- 
ments awl-shaped, upright. 
Buoss. 1 petal, bell-shaped. Tube very short. Border 
gradually widening, with 5 clefts, blunt, upright. Seg- 
_ ments gener unequal, the 2 upper being the longest ; 
the lower smaller, acute, reflected. Mouth open. © 
Stam. Filaments 5, as long as the blossom, awl-shaped, 
declining, unequal. Anthers oblong, fixed sidewise. 
Pist. Germens 4. Style thread-shaped, as long as the 
' stamens. Summit Sink cloven. 
S. Vess. none. The cup becoming more rigid, contains 
the seeds. 
SEEDs 4, roundish, obliquely tapering to a point. 
: Oxs. In the Echium ttalicum the blossom is nearly regular. 
INN. a a = ; 
PRI’MULA. Tourn. 47. Garin. 50. 
Cau. Involucrum small, many leaved, including several 
flowers. Cup 1 leaf, tubular, acute, upright, perma- 
Ment, with 5 angles, and 5 teeth. 
Buoss. 1 petal. Tube cylindrical, as long as the cup, ter- 
-_ minated by a short hemispherical os anle expe 
ing, with 5 shallow clefts. Segments inversely heart-, 
shaped, notched at the end, blunt. Mouth open. — 
Stam. Filaments 5, very short, within the neck of the 
blossom, Anthers upright, approaching, tapering to a 
point, within the tube. : 
Pist. Germen globular. Style thread-shaped, as long as 
the cup. Summit globular. , 
S. Vess. Capsule cylindrical, nearly as long as the cup, 
— covers it, of 1 cell, opening at the top with 10 
teeth. 
SEEDS numerous, roundish. Receptacle oblong, egg- 
shaped, loose. 
CY’CLAMEN. Tourn. 68. ote 
Can, Cup with 5 shallow clefts, roundish, permanent. 
' | Segments egg-shaped. i 
Boss. 1 petal ; Tube nearly globular, twice the size of the - 
Vout small, nodding. Border reflected upwards, very 
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