234 CREA “A. irscscpeamaumae 3: 
~ RHODYOLA, Fl, dan. 183. 
Male flowers.» 
Cau. Cup with 4 divisions, concave, upright, ‘tine per 
manent.. 
Bross. Petals 4, oblong, blunt, upright, but expanding, 
~ twice as long as the cup, deciduous. és 
Nectaries 4, upright, notched at the end, shorter than 
the cu 
Sram. Filaments 8, awl-shaped, longer than the blossom. 
Anthers simple. 
Pist. Germen 4, ee tapering t to.a anes Styles ad 
Summits imperfect. 
s; RAB barren. . —s ' : Ke _ 
Female flowers. sg! stcertae) ee 
Cat. Cup as above. 
Bross. Petals 4, rude, aprigit blunt, fe in height to 
the cup, permanent. saat 2 
5 Nectaries as above. fae ; 
Pisr. Germens 4, oblong, ‘tapering toa 1 point, 
straight simple styles. Summits blunt. 2 
S. Vess. Capsules 4, crooked, opening. on the inner ile. : 
SEEDs many, roundish, 
_ Ons, Having been ‘sometimes found with beripnaetle : 
flowers, with 10 stamens, and 5 pistils in each, it might be 
associated with the Sedums, (Schreb. ) of whose general habit it 
very much partakes, 
MYRIOPHYL/LUM. Gaertn. 68. 
Male flowers, : eo 
Car. Cup 4 leaves; legfits, oblong, upright, the outer 7 
the largest, and the i tmnermost the smallest. _ 
Bross. none, or of 4 
petals. ae 
Stam. Filaments 8, hair-lik longer than th cu, fim 
ber. Anthers oblon ng. ss — ‘ Mo ee 
Female flowers placed : 
Ca. Cup as above, . ~~ ~ mete 
Boss. none, or of 4 petals. fp aees 
Pist. Germens 4, oblong. Styles n none. Summits downy. se : 
S. Vess. none. 
SEEDs 4, oblong, naked. 
_, Ops. The Myri hyllum verticillatum often bears bernie 
phrodite flowers, the - spicatum seldom. Linn. pes ae 
