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268 POLYANDRIA. POLYGYNIA: 
Nectary a little cavity, gost above the claw of. ‘each 
“ps 
STAM. ‘Filaments many, ni half as long as the peta 
- Anthers upright, oblong, os donihle: potheeil 
Pisr. Germens numerous, forming a knob. ‘Styles none, 
Summits reflected, very small. at Ave 
_ §. Vzss. none. Receptacle connecting the acol ei 
short foot-stalks. d . 
SrEps many, iregular, crooked at the point, fie 
various. ney i 
Ons. The essential character of this genus consists in the 
nectary, the other parts of the flower are inconstant. ‘This 
nectary is in some species a naked pore, in others, assed 
RyacT ney border, and, in others again, closed. by a scale 
ich is notched at the end, In the R. ficaria, the 1 
Teaves, and'the blossoms more than. 5 petals. The R. A 
has only 5 stamens, and the R. sceleratus an awl-shaped 
tacle, Sid the fruit in a spike. In some species the seeds are 
roundish, in others depressed ; sometimes they are beset wi ae 
prickles like a hedge-hog, -and sometimes they are but fewmm 
n: aba eg fF 
_TROLILIUS. Gerin. 118, 
| ine 5. Petals abo 
Loss. Petals about 14, ‘nae te 
in each of the 3 outer me “aes 5 in the a i 
Nectaries 9, strap-shaped, flat, crooked, piece 
on the inner side at the base. ay ae 
‘Sram. Filaments numerous, bristle-shaped, shor 
the blossom. -Anthers upright. Aggie 
Pist. Germens numerous, sitting, like pillars. Styles 
Summits sharp-pointed, shorter than the stamen 
S. VEss. Capsules numerous, forming avs ogg -sna 
__ with a crooked point. we 
Sreps solitary, 
HELLEB/ORUS. Tourn. 144. Gaertn. 65. 
Cau. Cup none, (unless we reckon the blosso 
which in some species is nt. ) 
Buoss. Petals 5, circular, blunt, | ies 
Nectaries man ery short, placed i in a cit 
sisting of one Sah, tulaa tubular, narrowest | 
with 2 lips, upright, notched at the end, the inet 
the shortest, ; 
