-PENTANDRIA. PENTAGYNIA. 213 
PENTA GYNIA. = 
STA’TICE. Tourn. 177. Gerin. 44. 
Ca. Common Cup different in different species. ~ 
Proper Cup 1 leaf, funnel-shaped. © Tube narrow, 
Border entire, plaited, "skinny. ate 
Bross. funnel-shaped. Petals 5, united, and narrower at 
’ the base, broader upwards, blunt, expanding, 
Stam. Filaments 5, aw i shaped, shorter than the Wisdicm, 
~ fixed to the claws of the petals. Anthers fixed sidewise 
to the filaments. — 
Pist. Germen extremely small. Styles 5, thread-shaped, 
5. Vea The ther cylindrical, memb 
Ess. Capsule ra 5 membrana- 
ceous, with 5 sharp po points, 1 cell, without valves, in- 
closed in’ the shrivelled blossom, nh 
closed « 
SEED single, oblong, hanging to a long thread. 
_ Oss. The Statice Armeria has its flowers in a roundish head, 
inclosed by a triple common calyx: In the S. Limonium they 
are disposed in an oblong form, with a tiled common calyx. 
imeibol 
LYNUM. Tourn.176. 
Cax. Cup 5leaves, small, spear-sha upright; permanent. 
Bross. sshepele Petals $s ins oe blunt, gra- 
dually expanding upwards. 
Stam. Filaments 5, oa teapeds ore ant a as sie as the 
cup, (alternating with these are the rudiments of 5 
__ more.) Anthers simple, arrow-shaped. 
Pisr. Germen egg-shaped. Styles 5, thread-shaped, up- 
right, as long as the stamens. Summits simple, reflected. 
S. Vess. Capsule globular, with 5 imperfect angles, 10 
cells, and 10 valves, opening, at the — i Borsititas 
_ membranaceous, very valves. 
oa —— egg-shaped but flatted, —— to a point, 
ossy. 
Ons. In many species, ( apis ‘in all) “fhe? filaments are 
“united at the” watt In Be ann 2 aepen there © are one a 
naw 4 ee &e. Linn. 
