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19! PENTANDRIA. DIGYNIA. 
GENTIA’NA. Tourn. 40. Gerin. 114, 
Cat. Cup with 5 divisions, acute, permanent, Segments 
oblong. . Vie 
Bioss. i petal tubular below. Tube closed, with 5 clefis 
upwards, flat, shrivelling, and variously shaped, 
Sram. Filaments 5, awl-shaped, shorter than the blossom, 
Anthers simple. oe 
Pist. Germen oblong, cylindrical, as long as the stamens. 
Styles none. Summits 2, egg-shaped. 2 
S.Vess. Capsule oblong, cylindrical, tapering, slightly 
cloven at the end, of 1 cell, and 2 valves. AES 
SEEDs numerous, small, fixed to the sides of the capsule 
on every part. : pi 
Ons. The figure of the fruit is constant; but the flowers 
vary in different species, both as to the number and shape of 
_ the parts. In one species the throat of the blossom is ope, 
in another it is closed with soft hairs. In some, the segment 
of the blossom are fringed : in others, the border is bell-shapet 
_ upright, and plaited. Some have a starry appearance, with 
» small segments betwixt the larger; others are -shapeds 
&c. Linn.—In Gentiana campestris, and G. filiformis, the 
blossoms have only 4 clefts, but the latter is now removed 1 
the genus Exacum. © ; eal 
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XAN’THIUM, Tourn. 252. He: 
. _ Male flowers compound. i 
CAL. Cup common to many florets, formed of many : 
leaves, tiled with slender scales, as long as the floret’ 
ae oe Ss 
eae Se 
equal. ee 
Bross. Compound, uniform, tubular, equal, formed into® 
bepisphee = gee: 
Individual petal 1, tubular, funnel-shaped, up" — 
with 5 aes spews: i 
TAM. Filaments 5, forming a hollow cylinder. 4 
upright, parallel, not united. ioe 
Recepr. Common, next to none, the florets b 
by chaff. . Io 3 i ee 
Female flowers beneath the others, on the 
2 together, " meme 
Cau, Involucrum containing 2 flowers, formed of 2 A 
opposite, each divided into 3 sharp lobes, the ™ 
lobe projecting farthest, set round with hooked ple 
surrounding and entirely covering the germens ” 
which they are fixed, Little Segments loose, 
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