OCTANDRIA. MONOGYNIA? 22g. 
Seidiee solitary; roundish, . ey 
Male flowers. steer 
Cat. Bross. STAMENS, as above, 
Pist.. Germen none, Style none. Summit clove. 
Ons. At the first opening of the flower the Summit only 
makes its appearance, and ‘after'some days the Style shoots 
out. In-Acer Pseudo-Platanus the blossom is hardly distinct 
from the cup, and the stamens are long, 
In some flowers in the same umbel, the lower ones have 
anthers which do not shed their pollen; but the pistils bring 
forth perfect fruit ; and the upper ones have. anthers which do 
ahd their 2egees but the pistils fall off and perish. Lryy. A 
‘CHIORA. E. lot. 60. 
Ca. Cup 8 leaves, ‘permanent. Leaves srapshaped 
“standing” 
Bioss.°r salver-shaped. Tube shorter than the cup, 
inclosing the rmen: ’ Border. with 8 divisions. Seg- 
ments § “erm longer than-the = “Gapping 
over each other.) zovicy $ ben 
Sram. Filaments 8, (aw]-shaped,) very acon dixie to the 
mouth of the tube, _Anthers strap-shaped, upright, 
Shorter than the enis.of the blossom. 
" Prsr.. | Germen egg-ob ong... Style shvehd-shagd, as long 
as the tube. tien 4, oblong, ¢ 
sae 
S. Viss. Capsule egg: sof 1 prsonee flatted, 
with 2 furrows, 2 gon 3 the sides of the valves’ bowed 
inwards, 
ae 
SEDs numerous, very small. : 
Oxns. Nearly allied to the Gontians, Linx.—In Chlora 
Perfoliata the segments of the blossom lap over each other ; the 
- filaments are awl-shaped,sqgmetimes 9 in number, with 9 leafits 
to the cup; and the surinfits ‘are shaped like a ene ce. 
VACCIN’IUM. Tourn. 311, Vitis idea ; 431, Oxycoccus, 
Gertn. 28. — - , 
Gat. Cup very small, superior, permanent. 
fase Come pal ae with 4 clefts. Spee rolled 
backwards. 
Stam. Filaments 8, simple, fixed to the receptacle. -Anthers 
with 2 pst opening at the point, and furnished with 
2 expanding awns fixed to the back. 
Pist. Carma beneath. Style simple, tics than the 
stamens, ta blunt. 
