PENTANDRIA, DIGYNIA, 195 
Boss. none. ; 
Pist. Germen oval, rough with hair. Styles 2, similar, 
hair-like. Summits simple. | 
S.Vess. Berry dry, egg-oblong, cloven at the end, 
entirely covered with hooked prickles, : 
SEED. Nut with 2 cells, fi 
ERYNGIUM. Tourn. 173. Gaertn. 20. 
Cat. Common Receptacle conical, florets is S separated 
by chaff. Involucrum of the receptacle flat, many- 
leaved, taller than the florets, 
_ Cup 5 leaves, upright, acute, taller than the blossom, 
sitting on the germen. . 
Boss. General, uniform, roundish. Filorets all fertile. 
Individuals of 5 oblong petals, with the points bent 
inwards towards the base, and contracted by a line 
cn arhinet Teae ne ise: 
Stam. ~ s 5, hair-like, straight, taller than the 
_ florets. Anthers oblong. . 
Pist, Germen beneath, rough with hair, Styles 2, thread- 
shaped, straight, as long as the stamens. Summits 
simple. 
S. Vess. Fruit evg-shaped, divisible into 2 parts. 
SzEps oblong, ‘tchtly er Ro x? 
__ Ons, In some species the seeds escape from the crust of 
the seed-vessel, in others they continue inclosed. 
~HYDROCO’TYLE. Tourn. 173. Geertn. 99. 
Umbel simple. 
Cat. Involucrum frequently of 4 leaves, small. Cup 
hardly perceptible. 
BLoss. General, uniform in figure, but not in situation. 
. Plorets all fertile. ie 
Individuals of 5 petals, egg-shaped, acute, entire, 
ee 4 J 
Stam. Filaments 5, awl-shaped, shorter than the blossom. 
_ Anthers very small. 
Pisr, Germen beneath, upright, compressed, round, tar- 
_ get-shaped, Styles 2, awl-shaped, very short, Summits 
simple, : 
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