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964 POLYANDRIA. PENTAGYNIA. 
PENTAGYNIA. 
. AQUILE’GIA. Tourn. 142. Garin. 118. 
CaL. ap eens: 2 oe dingy cl . 
Buoss. Petals 5, spear-egg-sha at, expan z 
Nectaries 5,equal, Sailibge with the petals, horned, 
adually widening upwards, the mouth ascending ob- 
de quely outwards, fixed to the receptacle inwardly, ex 
tending below into a long tapering tube, blunt at the 
end. 
Sram. Filaments many, (30 to 40,) awl-shaped, the outer 
ones the shortest. nthers oblong, uptight, as tall. as 
P og blong, endi 1 ped 
IST 5, egg-o > ing in awl-s co 
_ longer than Sawai Sinemet upright, und ede | 
10 short, wrinkled, chaffy substances separate and in- — 
close the germens. 
S. Vess. Capsules 5, distinct, cylindrical, parallel, straight, 
tapering to a point, with l-valve, opening from the 
point inwardly. 
SEEDS saad sacle keeled, fixed to the ping 
seam. | ; 
"EXA GYNLA. 
STRATIO’TES, Gertn. 14. 
Male flowers. 
Cat. Sheath 2-leaved, containing 3 or 5 florets. nt 
boat-shaped, compressed, blunt, approaching, 3 
nearly equal, permanent. 
Cup 1 leaf, with 3 divisions, u ight deciduous. 
ee Petals 3, inversely heart- . hes 2 ww ‘ 
Es em S ding, twice as as the ae eg 
aries 20, resemb) ling anthers, strap-spear-s et Be ed es 
acute, psig in a circle, standing on the Dae 
Sram. Filaments 12, thread-shaped, shorter than the - 
nectaries, fixed to the receptacle, Anthers 8 ‘ap-shapes 
upright. oie 
emale flowers. * eee 
Cau. Sheath as above, but inclosing only 1 fort. ' 
Cup as above, superior. 
Boss. as above, ; 
Nectaries as above, but rather larger. 
