CLASS IX. 
-ENNEANDRIA. _ 
(9 Suankne) | 
Dioynta. (2 Pistils,). die 
ee : HexacyniA. (6 Pistils.) 
Butomus. Hydrocharis. | : 
DIGYNIA., 
MERCURIA'LIS. Tourn. 308. 
Male flowers. Suporte. 
Ca. Cup with 3 divisions, Segments egg-spear-shaped, 
concave, expanding. 
LOSS. none. 
Stam. Filaments 9 or 12, hair-like, straight, as long as 
the cup. Anthers globular, double. 
: Female flowers. 
Cat. Cup as above. — 
~ Bross. none. | 
Nectaries 2, awl-shaped pointed substances, 1 placed 
__ oneach side the germen, and pressed into its furrows. 
-Pisr. Germen roundish, compressed, with a hollow furrow 
on each side, h with hairs. Styles 2, bent back, 
horned, rough with hair. Summits acute, bent back. 
S. vee C roundish, purse-shaped, double, with 
2 cells. 
Szeps solitary, roundish. 
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