PLANT DESCRIPTION. 131 



Description of Fig. 245. 



ROOTS branching tap. 



STEM erect, slender, herbaceous, round, hairy. 



LEAVES cauline, opposite, simple, sessile, exstipu- 

 late, entire, ovate-acute. 



INFLORESCENCE clustered, terminal, umbellate. 



FLOWER. CALYX ; sepals 5 : COROLLA ; petals 5, 

 obcordate, spreading : STAMENS 10 ; filaments thread- 

 like ; anthers oval, two-celled : PISTIL ; ovary ovoid, 

 consisting of five united carpels ; styles short, free ; 

 stigma along the inner face of the style. 



