240 DECANDRIA.” DIGYNIA. _ 
SAXIFPRAGA. Tourn.129. Gaertn. 26) 9 9° 
Cat. Cup 1 leaf, with 5 divisions, short, acute, perma- 
~ nent. 
Bross. Petals 5, expanding, narrow at the base. 
Stam. Filaments 10, awl-shaped. Anthers roundish. 
Pist. Germen roundish, but tapering to a point,.andend- 
ing in 2 short Styles. Summits blunt. “ 
S. VEss. Capsule somewhat egg-shaped, with 2 beaks, 
_ and 2 cells, opening between the beaks. 02g 
SEEDS numerous, minute. 
Oxs. In some species the Germen is beneath, in‘ others, it 
is above. After the flower is open, 2 of the Stamens ‘opposite 
to each other, .bend down to the Summits, and discharge’ their 
pollen perpendicularly over them. ‘The next day 2 others bend 
down, and this is continued until they haye all done the same. 
SCLERAN’THUS, Fl. dan. 504;")) °° © 
Car. Cup 1 leaf, tubular, with 5 shallow clefts, acute, 
_ permanent, contracted at the neck, ie: 
LOSS. none... : fs Gees 
Stam. Filaments 10, awl-shaped, upright, very small, 
fixed to the cup. Anthers roundish. ee 
Pist. Germen roundish. Styles. 2,. upright, hair-like, & 
long as the stamens. Summits simple. 7 
S. Vess. none, ' eri 
SEED single, egg-shaped, inclosed by the gristly tube of 
the cup. “ ch: SIS 
es att pins 
SAPONAYRIA. Curt. ii. 17. 
Car. Cup 1 leaf, tubular, naked, with 5 teeth, permal “h 
BLoss. Petals 5.. Claws narrow, angular, a8: 100G ee 
_.| cup. Border flat ; limbs broader towards the end, blunt. 
STAM. waments 10, awl-shaped, as. long as the tube of o 
the blossom, every other stamen fixed to the claws - 
. | the petals, 5 of them sheddi | 
the others, » Anthers oblong. 
Pist. G 
_ ,parallel, as long.as the. 
Ss. el ESS. fe d 
SEEDS many, small. Receptacle loose. 
Oss. The figure of the calvx varies in different species — 
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