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S. Vess. Berry globular, between the cup and-the blos- 
som, the cup being connected with the under side of 
the berry, of 4 cells, dimpled at the end,’ 
’ Segps solitary, compressed. 
Orgs. Such are the characters of the ferininglill flowers ;, 
but the /atera flowers have blossoms with 5 clefts, 10 stamens, 
and pa. 
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Cau. Cup 4 leaves ; leafits sont flat, as = Tage as th the 
~ blossom, ' permanent, 
Bios. Petals 4, egg-shaped, blunt, sitting, expanding. 
Sram. Filaments Bane [ong 2 as the blossom» Anthers si simple. 
aoe Germen large, round, globular, but depressed. Styles 
= upright, parallel,. as ni, 3. as the stamens. _ Summits: 
a  adeaghe 
S. Vess. © lage “sound. globular, but Seretied, 
with 4 cells and4 valves. 
SEEDS several, crescent-shaped, upright, surrounding the 
any sone ‘like a wheel. 
QUER’ CUS. Tourn. 349. Gerin. 37. 
3 Male flowers. 
Can. Cathkin thread- shaped, long, loose. 
Cup 1 leaf, with a 5 clefts. “Segments. acute, 
often cloven. 
Bross. none. — 
Stam. Filaments from 5 to 10, very short. Auer large, 
double. 
Female flowers seated in a bud on the same lant. 
Car. Involucrum, Scales numerous, tiled, united at the 
base so as to form a little hemispherical, permanent, 
—— cup, containing 1 flower ; outer scales the 
es very small, superior, with 6 clefts, permanent. 
Saree ute, contiguous to, and surrounding the 
base of the style. 
Pisr. Germen beneath, very small, sag, shaped, aped, with 3 
cells, and the rudiments He: 2 seeds le simple, short, 
thickest at the base. Simmits 3, sage 
S. Vess. none. 
Seep. Nut -cylindrical, leather-like, smooth, as vit 
rasped te base, of 1 cell, placed in an hemisphe- 
tical goblet, which is short, and tubercled on the outside. 
