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S. Vess. Capsule 5-seeded, beaked,’cells opening inwardly, 
each terminated by an awn-like tail, very long, and 
para up spirally. 
SEEDS solitary, rarely in pairs, egg-oblong. 
Oss. In some species the blossom is irregular ; in others it 
is regular, and the union of the filaments is not very evident. 
in the G. cicutarium, pimpinellifolium, moschatum, and mariti- 
mum, the flowers grow in umbels ; the cup consists of 5 leaves ; 
the blossom is not quite regular; glands are placed betwixt the 
petals ; the filaments are 10, but only every other filament is 
furnished with an anther; the awn of the seed is hairy. In 
the other (British) species, the flowers are solitary, or in pairs; 
the cup has 5 leaves ; the petals are regular, with glands placed 
betwixt them; the stamens are 10, distinct, all bearing an- 
thers ; the awn of the seed is smooth. Linn. In the Geranium 
pusillum 5 of the filaments are without anthers, and the awns of 
_ the seeds are covered with fine hairs. — 
: POLYANDRIA.. 
ALTH#’A. Tourn. 23 & 24, Malva. Gertn. 136. 
Car. Cup double. 
Outer cup of 1 leaf, small and permanent, with 6 to 
9 clefts. Segments very narrow. 
Inner cup \ leaf, with 5 shallow clefts, Segments 
broader, more acute, permanent. 3 
Bross, Petals 5, united at the base to the tube formed b 
the union of the filaments, inversely heart-shaped, 
bitten, flat. 
Sram. Filaments numerous, united-at the bottom into a 
cylinder, separate at the top, and on the surface of the 
tube. -Anthers nearly kidney-shaped. 
Pist. Germen round and flat. Style cylindrical, short. 
Summits numerous, (about 20,) bristle-shaped, as long 
_as the styles. , 
8. Vess. Capsule round and flat, composed of many cells, 
~ (as many as there were styles,) 2-valved, disposed in a 
whirl round the pillar-like receptacle; when quite ripe, 
separating. 
SEEDS slau, kidney-shaped, but compressed, 
MAL’VA. Gertn. 136. | 
Car. Cup double. ‘ na 
fare cup 3 leaves, narrower ; leafits ae! 2 Pa 
acute, permanent. Inner cup 1 leaf, with § shallow 
_ clefts, larger, broader, permanent. 
