212 PENTANDRIA. TETRAGYNIA. 
| Bross. Petals 5, egg-shaped, expanding, scarcely larger 
than the cup. 
Sram. Filaments 5, awl-shaped, small. Anthers simple. 
Pist. Germen egg-shaped, 3-cornered. Style none. Sum- 
“< mits 3, — “a estan b 
S. Vess. -A 3 ego-sha ut somewhat $s 
cornered, within ae, eldeea ears 
SEED single, roundish, but with 3 furrows, connected 
a thread which rises from the bottom of the seedl- 
“ALS'NE. Curt, 1. 12. 
Car. Cup 5 ferves: leafits concave, oblong, tepeing toa 
point. 
Buoss. Petals 5, equal, longer than the cup. 
Stam. Filaments 5, hair-like. Anthers roundish. 
Pist. Germen nearly egg-shaped. Styles 3, thread-shapd 
Summits blunt. | 
S. Vess. Capsule egg-shaped, of 1 cell, and or 6 vale 
. covered by the cup. 
SEEDS ci een roundish. nish “ie 
Oxs. In A. media the stamens soon fall oso tha itis 
Unusual to;find: flowers withfewerthan 5. Lin Kc*: ce 
er fe. #5 
TE TRA GYNIA. 
PARNA‘SSIA, Gertn, 60. 
Cat. — with 5 divisions, permanent. Segments i 
» expandir ing. 
Buoss. Petals 5 neatly circular, sored, concave expanding 
Nectaries 5, each being a concave heart- shaped sub: 
stance, furnished with 13 rays set along the edge, § 
: dually taller, and each terminated by a ittle glo! Cy 
__ With 3 divisions, rays équal, ‘each. a giobu" 
Stam... Filaments 5, , Anthers dey 
sidewise to the filaments: 
| Pist. Germen 
numerous, me psa Mig HP EE 
Ons. The nectary gives th ani anc ‘ 
