244 DECANDRIA. PENTAGYNIA. 
SEEDS many, very small. 
Oss. In several of the species the calyx has from 5 to 7 
clefts, the blossom from 5 to 7 petals ; the stamens vary from 
10 to 12, and the pistils from 5 to 6. 
OX’ALIS. Tourn, 19, Oxys. Gerin, 113. 
CaL. Cup with 5 divisions, acute, very short, permanent. 
Bross. with 5 divisions, connected by the claws, upright, 
blunt, notched at the end. z 
Stam. Filaments 10, hair-like, upright, the 5 outermost 
the shortest. Anthers roundish, furrowed, on 
Pist. Germen with 5 angles. Styles 5, thread-shaped, as 
long as the stamens. Swmmits blunt.. _ ie 
S. Vgss. same with 5 corners, 5 cells, and 10 valves, 
opening lengthwise at the corners. : aoe 
SEEDs nearly round, covered by a fleshy elastic seed-coat. 
: Oss. In some species the capsule is short, and the seeds 
solitary ; in others it is long, and the seeds many ; and in others 
the filaments are united at the base. Linn. ee es 
Pe. 25 
ee gt 
AGROSTEMMA. Curt. 209. | 
Cat. Cup 1 leaf, leather-like, tubular, with teeth, 
per 3 
Buoss. Petals 5; claws as long as the tube of the cup} — 
limbs expanding, blunt. dare. t a 
Stam. Filaments 10, awl-sha » every other stameD 
shedding its pollen later, and fixed to the claws of the 40 
petals. Anthers simple. is 
Pist. Germens egg-shaped. Styles 5, thread-shaped, up- 
night, as long as the stamens. Swmmits simple. ~ 
S. VEss. Capsule oblong-ege-shaped, covered, of 1 ed i 
Z and 5 fai oy es 
-EEDS many, kidney-shaped, dotted. Receptacles | 
_ Innumber to the che loose, the inner ones grat 
ally longer. ee 
Oxs. Blossom not crowned in A. Githago as it is in| 
other species. Liyy, 2 pols 
; LYCH’NIS. Tourn. 175, © 
Cat. Cup 1 leaf,.oblong, membranaceous, with 5 | Bee 
permanent, . ee So 
