178 PENTANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 
large, with 5 divisions. Segments spear-shaped. Neck 
protruding. Rosy 
Stam. Filaments 5, very small, in the tube of. the blos- 
som. Anthers straight, acute, approaching, in. the 
neck of the blossom. . apcial 
Pist. | Germen roundish. Style thread-shaped, straight, 
longer than the stamens. . Summit acute. ee 
S. Vess. Berry globular, of 1 cell, opening at the top in 
- 4 directions, covered by a shell likea capsule... > 
SEEDs many, somewhat egg-shaped, but angular. Recep- 
tacle egg-shaped, loose. at: ‘eoet 
" MENYAN’THES, ‘Tourn. 15, €& 67, Nymphoides. 
 Gerin. 114,00 adhe soul 
Cau. Cup 1-leaf, with 5 divisions, upright, permanent. 
Bross. 1 petal, por ate et Tube short, somewhat 
~ cylindrical at bottom, but funnel-shaped upwards. 
Border cloven more than half way down into 5 seg- 
ments. Segments blunt, reflected and expanding, re- 
markably shaggy. ee eee 
Sram. Filaments 5, awl-shaped, | short. Anthers acute, 
= up caps et FR ery & bt a) cise nce 
ST. Germen conical. Style cylindrical — as long 
: as the blossom. ©, , cloven, inti; Jd OP One, 
Sy — Capsule egg-shaped, of 1 cell, bound round by 
~ e cup. Le oat:  tteke i pity 7 oe 
SEEDS many, egg-shaped, niinute, pbsqene 
,_ O88. In the M, ‘nymphoide’,’ the’ petals are fringed at the 
edge, but not hairy on their upper “th ha Bie Al wee es 
HOTTONIA, Cartat. Aine ote wees aa 
Can. Cup 1 leaf, with 5 divisions. Seoments strap-shapeds 
Buoss. 1 petal, sa ver-shaped. Tube as long as the cup. 
~. Border with 5 clefts, flat. ° Segments egg-oblongs — 
notched at the end. _ ORs eS 
Stam. Filaments 5, awl-shaped, short, upright, standing’ 
— the tube, and opposite to the segments of the 
blossom. Anthers Obl Sel + Fon ey ae 
Pisr. Germen globular, but ing to a point.) Style 
Bano » Short. Sizmmit globular. an alt 
' D. ESS. globular, i to a point, of i ee 
rang penne res Opa La 
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