294 HEXANDRIA. TRIGYNIA. 
Sram. Filaments 6, hair-like, very short. Anthers up- 
right, double. 
Pist. Germen turban-shaped, but 3-cornered. Styles 3, 
hair-like, reflected, standing out in the spaces between 
the approachin als. Swmmits large, jagged. — 
5. Wabi aes. The blossom AP Oe becoming 
_ $-cornered, contains the seed. _ 
- SEED single, 3-sided. 
Oxns. Rumex digynus has a third less in number of all the — 
parts of fructification, except the stamens. © R. acetosa and R. 
acetosel/a have the stamens and pistils in different flowers and on 
distinct plants. In some species a callous grain or bead is form- 
ed upon the outside of the petals, when they close like valves 
upon the seed. Lin. In which state they are called valves. 
~TOFIEL/DIA. FI. dan. 36. (Huds) bee 
CaL. none. } oe 
Bross, Petals6, equal, oblong, blunt, concave, perman 
Sram. Filaments 6, awl-shaped, smooth;..a¢ longas the 
petals. Anthers small, roundish, fixed sidewise. 
Pist. Germen 3-cornered. Styles 3, awl-shaped, ee 
ie panding ndi Sonn Seer blunt. SS 
. VEss. le roundish, rather 3-cornered, wi 
z cells and 6 valves, ot. {1 ye 
SEEDs numerous, oblong, nearly 3-cornered, small, 
"Ons. This is the Anthericum calyculatum of Linnaeus, who 
hinted the necessity of forming a distinct genus of this and the 
A. ossifragum, but Mr. Hudson separated it from both, and I 
think with propriety ; for though it has the habit of the latter, 
the structure of the seed-vessel will not allow them to associate 
in an artificial system. sine 
Cat. Cup 3 leaves ; leafits roundish, blunt, concave, de- 
ciduous, : : ae cies 6 ei ot 
Bueas Petals 3, ege-shaped, concave, blunt, resembling i 
. ; Bh oll oe 
Sram. Filaments 6, very short.. Anthers 6, shorter that 
pe : ee aid Dee iba 2g _ 
Pist. Germen large. Styles none. Summits 3 ot 6 "> 
ete Feira ae a 
S. VEss. Capsule ege-oblong, blunt, with as many" — 
as Summits, Opening at the hase, Valves acute. 
SEEDS solitary, oblong, oe 
