936 + ENNEANDRIA:: HEXAGYNIA, “~~ 
| HEXAGYNIA. 
BU’TOMUS. Tourn. 143.. Gertn. 19.. 
Ca. Involucrum simple, of 3 leaves, short. oe 
Boss. Petals 6, circular, concave, shrivelling, every 
other petal standing on the outside, smaller and more 
- acute. ivi vis 2 
Stam. Filaments 9, awl-shaped, 6 of them on the out- 
side of the others. Anthers composed of 2 plates. _ 
Pist. Germen 6, oblong, tapering to a point, ending in 
«styles. Summits simple. eg, 
S. Vess. Capsules 6, oblong, gradually tapering, upright, 
of 1 valve, which opens at the inner side. s 
SEEDs many, oblong, cylindrical, blunt at each end, fixed 
to the side of the capsule. Be 
HYDRO’CHARIS. Curt. 167. A . | 
Cau. Sheath of 2 leaves, oblong, inclosing 3 flowers. © — 
proper, of 3 leaves ; leafits egg-oblong, a al 
membranaceous at the edge. oe 
oe sai 3, circular, flat, large. ae | 
TAM. Litaments 9, awl-shaped, upright; disposed in 3 
_ Tows, the middlemost Sos Os paige sends out an 
awl-shaped little, pillar, resembling a style, from the 
inner side of the base. The othet @ rows are COn- 
nected at the base, so that the outer and inner filament — 
adhere together, Anthers simple. oe a 
Pist. Germen only a rudiment, in the centre of the flower» — 
gn 
Female flower. 
Cat. on — Flowers solitary. 
as above, superior, : 
Bross. as above, soe ties ET Hg 
Pist. Germen beneath, roundish. Styles as long a5 _ 
= cups compressed, cloven, and furrowed, Swmim 
by Seperiie th 6 point 05 Cor 
S. Vess. Capsule like leather, roundish, with 6 célls. 
SEEDs numerous, very small, roundish. — tae 
