£18 HEXANDRIA: MONOGYNIA. 
ae Nectary a hollow in the base of each petal. 
Sram. Filaments 6, awl-shaped; approachmg the’ den 
as long as the bier: Anthers wanes; oblong, 
4m Tl ix : 
Pist. Germen oblong, 3- sided, blunt. o Styl simple, 
longer than the stamens. Summit with 3 clefts, ex- 
panding, blunt. 
s. VEss. Capsule oblong,, blunt, with 3 lobes, 3 eas and 
od) |B valves. 
Sexps many, flat, outwardly semi-circular, placed ing rows. 
Oss. In F. meléagris the hectary is oblong, and the “a 
er Tiny. i 
4 199 
~ TOLEPA. Tourn, 100, & 200, Gaertn, Mes qu 
“Cav. none, i wine 
Bross, Bell-sha Petals 6, along concave 
‘Stam. et ane 6, evAnikiepeds ‘very short." Ant wre : 
“Tong, 4-cornered, upright, distant. ~ 
Pisr. Germen large, oblong, cylindrical, diac cca 
~ blunt ate skeet Summit Bae t 
: tuberating, cloven, permanen 
tas riche, Wath be oalle and’ a valves 
Valves egg-shaped, fringed at the edge. 
152 
SEEDS numerous, flat, semi-circular, ly Sa upon @ dl 
other in double rows, but kept asunder y intervention 
of flocks of the same shape. 
ORNITHO’GALUM. Tourn. 203. Geert ie 
’ Cau. Cup none. 
Buoss. Petals tals spear-shaped, upright below the mie “= 
but ex ng and flat above ps permanay but fading. 
Sram. poy ew ht, al temately broader # © ihe 
base, shorter than the blossom. nthers simple, 
Pist. Germen angular. Style awl-shaped,. ea aad 
___ Summit blunt. | : 
Ss. — Capsule roundish, angular, with 3 ia ani 
valves, 4 
SEEDs many, roundish. | Ren 2 x | 
Ons. The Filaments in some species are “aie nt and ft, a 
every other filament having 3 aes and the Anther ‘ie a 
upon the middle point, In other species these. alternate 
ments are undivided, ich 
