222 #§ HEXANDREA, MONOGYNIA. 
Female flowers. 
Car. Cup 1 leaf, with 6 divisions, bell-shaped, expand~, 
g. Segments spear-shaped, superior, deciduous, 
Bross. Petalsnone. 
Nectary an oblong dot at the base of each segment 
of the cup, on the inner side. 
Pist. Germen beneath, egg-oblong, large, smooth. Style 
cylindrical, as long as the cup. Summits 3, sella 
aes at the a, acute. ; 
' S..VEss. ovesha ed, with 2 cells. 
ia “edie | 
SEEDs 2, # 
JUN'CUS. Town. 127. Gertn. 15. » see 
Cau. Husk 2.valves. Cup 6 leaves. Leafits oblong, apn | 
_» toa point;-permanent. 
Bross. none, unless we consider the young and coloured 
cup as such, rie 
Seis. Filaments 6, Hatilike; very ‘short. Anthers chong 
upright, as long as the cup. . jalan 
Pisr. Germen 3-cornered, tapering to a point. St 
thread-shaped. Summits 3, long, thread-sha per 
bent inwards. 
S. VEss. > aoe covered, 3-cornered, with 1 lor3 bie. 
and 3.v. ) 
SEEDs several, roundish, 
Ons. Husks brown, or approaching’ to black, aber’ ve - | 
hot expressed to be otherwise. The I. cong 
I. ns Hare Bt ons 3 stamens i ja each flower. 
BER'BERIS, Tourn. 385. Giortn 42. 
Cat. Cup 6 leaves, standing ) fe 
narrowest at the base, = ee . 
alternately smaller, ae 
Bioss. Petals 6, roundish, concave, upright, but expand ; 
ing, scarcely. larger prieslpr the cup...” a 
Nectary 2, roundish, coloured substances, owing . 
to the base of each petal, oe 
Stam. Filaments 6, upri ) 
the petals, Anthers 2, 
be sisi at the end. 
