PENTANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 15 
Sram. Filaments 5, awl-shaped, fixed to the base of, and 
as long as the blossom, approaching at the base, but 
bowed outwards, and diverging towards the top. An- 
thers rather thick, rising. 
Pist. Germen ‘cbiemmihaped: Style thread-shaped, 
leaning, as long as the stamens. Szmmit knob 
a erores a 4 
. Vess. Berry of 2 cells, globular, sitting upon the cup, 
which enlarges. peat fleshy, Noket-sheoek, 
convex on both sides. va 
SEEDs numerous, kidney-shaped. 
SOLA’NUM. Tourn. 62. 
Cat. Cup 1 leaf, with 5 shallow clefts, upright, acute, 
permanent. ee 
Boss. 1 petal, wheel-shaped. Tube very short. Bor- 
does with 5 shallow clefts, turned back 
Sram. Filaments 5, awl-shaped, very small. -Anthers ob- 
long, approaching, a little united, with 2 open pores 
at the end. 
Pisr. Germen roundish. Style thread-shaped, longer than 
_ the stamens. Summit blunt. 
S. Vess. Berry roundish, glossy, with a hollow dot at the 
rik and 2 cells, Recept convex on both sides, 
eshy. 7 
SEEDs onan roundish, dispersed among pulp. 
CHIRO'NIA. Tourn. 48, Centaurium. Gaertn. 114. 
Car. Cup 1 leaf, with 5 divisions, permanent, little leaves 
oblong, upright, acute. i 
Buoss. 1 petal, equal. Tube narrower. Border with 5_ 
divisions, expanding. Segments egg-shaped, equal. — 
Stam. Filaments 5, broad, short, growing from the top 
of the tube. Anthers oblong, upright, large, approach- 
ing, spirally twisted when their isshed. 
Pisr. Germen egg-shaped. Style spr iere ga little 
longer than the stamens. Summit knobbed, rising up. 
_S. Vess. Berry egg-shaped, of 1 cell, or Capsule 2-valved 
half divided into 2 cells. Lie 
Szeps numerous, small, fixed to the receptacle by the 2 
Opposite sides, or to the seam, 
