302 | MONADELPHIA. DECANDRIA, 
_ TRIANDRIA. 
JUNIPERUS. Tourn. 361. Gertn. 91. te: ie 
Male flowers. Paik ete 
Cat. Catkin conical, consisting of a common spike-stalk, 
in which 3 opposite flowers are placed in a triple row, _ 
and a 10th flower at the end. At the base of each 
flower is a x 
Scale; broad, short, fixed sidewise to a little pillar 
like a foot-stalk, : 
BLoss. none. ee 
Sram. Filaments (in the termindting flower) 3, awl-shaped, 
united at the bottom into one body; in the lateral — 
flowers ais perceptible. Anthers 3, distinct in the 
terminating flower; but in the lateral flowers fixed to 
the scale of the calyx® pe 
Female flowers. meee 
Car. Cup with 3 divisions, very small, growing to the — 
germen, permanent. a: 
Buoss. Petals 3, rigid, acute, permanent. oe 
Pist. Germen beneath. Styles 3, simple. Summits simple. 
S. Vess. Berry fleshy, roundish, marked on the lower 
_ part with 3 a tubercles which were formerly the E. 
cup, and marked at the top by 3 little teeth which — 
were originally the petals. Sua 
SEEps 3, bony, convex on one side, angular on the othe _ 
oblong. 
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DECANDRIA. 
GERA‘NIUM, Tourn. 142. Gertn. 19. . 
Ca. Cup 5 leaves, or 1 leaf with 5 divisions; Jeafits ¢gB- 
shaped, acute, concave, permanent. Be ae 
Bross. Petals 5, inversely lata: or egg-shaped, — 
expanding, large. Boe ae 
Stam. Filaments 10, awl-shaped, united at the bast, 509% 
to form a sort of cup, expanding towards the t ee a 
nately tongs and shorter, shorter than the blossom. 
Anthers oblong, turning about like a vane. 
Pist. Germen with 5 angles, beaked. Style awl-shapcs 
rie than the stamens, permanent. Summits 5," 
ected, . 
