232° OCTANDRIA. TETRAGYNIA: 
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TRIGYNLA.. orrine setae 
POLYG'‘ONUM. Tourn. 290 & 291, Bistorta, 
Cat. Cup turban-shaped, with 5 divisions, coloured ees 
s egg-shaped, blunt, permanent. ct 
Bross. none, unless you call the cup the blossom. * ; 
Stam. Filaments ‘generally 8, awl-shaped, very: shor. 
Anthers roundish, fixed sidewise. 
Pisr. Germen 3-cornered. Sty yles generally 3, thread 
+ shaped, very short. Swmmits simple. 
S. Vess. none. The Cup laps round the seed. a 
_ SEEp'single, 3-cornered, acute. ae | | 
Oss. In somé species there are 6 or 7 Stamens, and i 4, 
others only 5. In some the pistil is cloyen. 
Teab he 
TETRAGYNIA. 
_PA/RIS.. Tourn. 117, Herba Paris. 
: Can. Cup 4 leaves, permanent ; leafits sie 5a acute, 
as as the blossom, expandin oe 
Buoss. Petals 4, expanding, eee a resembling the 
cup, permanent, 
Stam. Filaments 8, awl-shaped, short, beneath the anthers. 
Anthers long, growing to the middle of the filaments, | 
ee on each she of them. 
roundish, but with 4 angles. Sé les 4, ex 
nang shorter than the stamens, Summits si 
ESS globular, with 4 angles, and 4 55 
Sass several, ying in a double range. 
ADOX’A. Tourn. 68, “Moschateltina: 
Cat. Cup beneath, cloven, flat, permanent. 
Bross. 1 seal with 4 clefts, flat. Segments egg-shap"s 
acute, “than the cu 
ies jhiemens 8, awl- shied as long as the a2 
Pist. CanitiSiemadh the receptacle of the blossom. Sil 
4, simple, re as long as the stamens, P 
Summits simple. 
