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cleft limb ; but in Sherardia the limb of the 

 calyx remains on as a crown to the fruit, while 

 in Asperula it drops off. In Sherardia there is 

 only one style with a two-lobed stigma ; and in 

 Asperula there are two styles united at the 

 base. 



There is a very pretty plant called Crucinella 

 sti/Iosa, which has lately been much cultivated in 

 gardens, and which belongs to this order. This 

 plant has large heads of pretty pink flowers, 

 each of which has a funnel-shaped corolla, with 

 a long tube concealing the anthers, but beyond 

 w^iich the style projects so far as to give rise to 

 the specific name of stylosa. The stigma in this 

 plant is clavate, that is, club-shaped, and it is 

 cleft in two, though the lobes are not spreading. 



