346 SYNGENESIA. POLYGAMIA NECESSARIA, _ 
Individuals, female, immediately surrounding the — 
preceding, ppoecshaped, Tube very slender, swollen 
at the base. Border cloven, acute. 
Stam. Filaments in the hermaphrodites 4, very short, 
_  Anthers forming a cylinder. LM eee 
_ Pisr. Germen in the hermaphrodites, ve small, abortive. 
_ Style hair-like, as long as the border. Summits 2, 
upright, but standing wide, coy eres 
Germen in the females immediately surrounding the - 
above, oblong. Style hair-like, longer than the border. 
Summits 2, open, ; ae 
Females immediately within the calyx. Germen ob- 
ts long. Style hair-like, fe, than the border, Summits — 
2, long, expanding. > Kane 
S. Vess. none. Calyx unchanged, i wpe. 
Seeps of the hermaphrodites barren, crowned with down, 
- af the inner females oblong, crowned. Down shorty — 
.. simple, a 
—-- ze the outer females oblong, naked, 
Oss. This generic description is taken from the obs 
tions of the a accurate and admirable Leers; it ac 
with our'species, which is by no means the case with that 
by Linnzus, who is said to have formed it from a view of 
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