332 SYNGENESIA: POLYGAMIA AQUALIS,. 
Boss. compound, tubular, uniform. Florets hermaphro: 
dite, equal. . Oe spi: 
~ Individuals of 1 petal, aniseed bent 
. inwards. Border bellying, with 5 clefts.00/: sos ye 
Stam. Filaments 5, hair-like, very short. .Anthers form. 
_. ing/a hollow cylinder. sochticed ee 
Prst. Germen egg-shaped. Style thread-shaped, as long 
_ as the stamens. Summits 2, oblong, reflected. 
S. Vess. none. Calyx unchanged. retail ec 
Szeps solitary, inversely egg-shaped. Down sitting, 
feathered. nt gee 
Recep. chaffy, flat. ; “3 
Ons. The Down in some species is feathered, in others ut 
little so. ~CaRpuvs is distinguished from Sexnatuta bythe 
receptacle being hairy; the calyx bellying, its scales thorny, 
andthe summit not'so deeply cloven. Linn, | 0 
ep 
CAR’DUUS. Garin. 162, 
CAL. common, bellying, tiled. Scales numerous). 
shaped, tapering to a point, thorny. : 
Boss. compound, tubular, uniform, Florets her 
| Andividuals of -1 petal, funnel-shaped. Tule 
slender. Border upright, egg-shaped at the 
5 clefts. Segments strap-shaped, equal, 1 me 
divided, Hi | Sweex 
Stam. Filaments 5, hair-like, very short. Anther a. 
ng a hollow cylinder as long as the floret, Wi 
ope at the rim. he : 
Pist. Germen egg-shaped. Style thread-s 
than the slashes Summits ade awl- 
‘ notched at the end, 
S. VEss. ie Sant closing a little. te kt 
SEEDs solitary, inv -shaped, with 4 angl 
ae 2 opposite wos mahi Down si 
rong. as ae 
Recepr. hairy, flat. eta Seer gel a 
Oss. Several ‘species arra: by Linnaeus under this 
have the Down feathered, (Gcheeb, nf te pe 
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