PENTANDRIA. 



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PENTANDRTA. 



OESTRUM Corolla funnel-form; stamens emitting a tooth- 

 let from their middle ; berry unilocular. 



EHRETIA Corolla one-petalled, inferior; berry four or 

 eight celled ; seeds solitary ; stigma cloven. 



VARRONIA Calix tubular; corolla five-cleft; drupe with a 

 four-celled nut. 



LAUGIERIA Corolla five-cleft ; drupe with a five-celled nut. 



LYCIUM, Boxthorn Corolla tubular, closed at the throat by 

 the beard of the filaments ; berry two-celled, many-seeded. 



CHRYSOPHYLLUM, Star Apple Corolla bell-shaped, ten- 

 cleft; segments alternate, spreading; berry ten-seeded. 



SIDEROXYLUM, Iromvood Corolla five-cleft; nectary in 

 most five-leaved ; stigma simple ; berry five-seeded. 



RIIAMNUS, Buckthorn, Alaternus, Lotus, and Jujube Calix 

 tubular; corolla scales defending the stamens, inserted 

 into the calix ; berry superior. 



ARDUINA, Cape Buckthorn Corolla one-petalled ; stigma 

 bifid ; berry one-celled ; seed solitary. 



ELLISIA Corolla funnel-shaped, much narrower than the 

 calix ; capsule coriaceous, superior, of ten cells and two 

 valves; seed two in each cell, dotted, one above the 

 other. 



PHYLICA Perianth five-parted, turbinate; petals none, but 

 five scales defending the stamens ; capsule tricoccous, 

 inferior. 



BLADHIA Corolla wheel-shaped, deciduous ; berry con- 

 taining one arilled seed. 



FAGR.SA Calix five-cleft; corolla funnel-shaped; border 

 oblique ; berry coated, of two cells ; seeds globose ; 

 stigma peltate. 



6. Polypetalous. 



CEONATHUS, New Jersey Tea Petals five, saccular, vaulted ; 

 berry dry, three-celled, three-seeded. 



BUTTNERIA Corolla five-petalled ; filaments at the top, 

 connate with the petals ; capsule five-grained, muricate. 



MYRSINE Corolla half-five-cieft, converging; germen fil- 

 ling the corolla; berry one-seeded, with a five-celled 

 nucleus. 



CELASTRUS, Staff Tree Corolla five-petalled, spreading; 

 capsule triangular, trilocular ; seeds calyptrated. 



EUONYMUS, Spindle Tree Calix flat; petals five; capsule 

 superior, five-sided, coloured, of five cells and five valves; 

 seeds in a pulpy covering. 



DIOSMA Corolla five-petalled; nectaries five, on the ger- 

 men ; capsules three or five, conjoined ; seeds veiled. 



BRUNIA Flowers aggregate; filaments inserted into the 

 claws of the petals ; stigma bifid ; seeds solitary, two- 

 celled. 



ITEA Capsule two-celled, two-valved, many-seeded ; stigma 

 emarginate. 



GALAX Calix in five deep segments ; petals five; nectary 

 tubular, in ten segments, alternately bearing the anthers ; 

 capsule superior, of three cells and three valves ; seeds 

 many. 



CEDRELA, Barbadoes Bastard Cedar Calix withering; co- 

 rolla five-petalled, .funnel-form, fastened by the base to 

 the receptacle to the third of its length ; capsule woody, 

 five-celled, five-valved ; seeds imbricate downwards, with 

 a membranaceous wing. 



MANGIFERA, Mango Tree Corolla five-petalled; drupe 

 kidney-form. 



HIRTELLA Petals five; filaments very long, permanent, 

 spiral; style lateral ; berry one-seeded. 



RIBES, Currant and Gooseberry Trees Calix superior, tubu- 

 lar, five-cleft; petals five, inserted, with the stamens, into 

 the calix ; style bifid ; berry many-seeded, inferior. 



GRONOVIA Petals five, together with the stamens inserted 

 into the bell-shaped corolla; berry dry, five-cornered, 

 inferior, containing one seed. 



HEDERA, Ivy Petals five, oblong ; berry five-seeded, sur- 

 rounded by the calix. 



VITIS, Vine Petals cohering at the top, shrivelling ; berry 

 five-seeded, superior. 



LACOJCIA, Wild Cumin Involucre, both universal and par- 

 tial, pinnatifid ; perianth of five leaves, in many capillary 

 segments ; petals bifid ; seed solitary, inferior. 



SAUVAGESIA Calix five-leaved ; corolla five-petalled ; nec- 

 tary five-leaved, encompassed by hairs, alternate with the 

 petals; capsule one-celled. 



CLAYTONIA Calix two-valved ; stigma trifid ; capsule three- 

 valved, one-celled, three-seeded. 



ACHYRANTHES Calix five-leaved ; corolla none; stigma 

 bifid ; seed solitary. 



RORIDULA Calix five-leaved; corolla five-petalled; an- 

 thers scrotiform at the base ; capsule three-valved, three- 

 celled. 



PLECTRONIA Petals five, inserted into the throat of the 

 calix ; berry two-seeded, inferior. 



CYRILLA. See Didynamia Angiosperma. 



HELICONIA, Bastard or Wild Plantain Spathes both gene- 

 ral and partial; perianth none; corolla three-petalled ; 

 nectary two-leaved ; pericarp tricoccous ; seeds solitary ; 

 capsules fleshy, three-celled. 



CARISSA Corolla contorted; berries two-celled, many- 

 seeded. 



CELOSIA, Cock's Comb Calix three-leaved; leaflets similar 

 to those of the five-petalled corolla; stamens conjoined at 

 the base to the plaited nectary ; capsule gaping hori- 

 zontally. 



CALODENDRUM Calix spreading, five-petalled; nectary 

 five-leaved; capsule five-celled. 



CHENOLEA Calix globular, one-leafed, five-parted; cap- 

 sule one-celled, containing one smooth seed, bifid at 

 the tip. 



CORYNOCARPUS Nectaries five, petal-shaped, alternate with 

 the petals, glandulous at the base. 



7. Incomplete Flowers, or having no Petals. 

 ILLECEBRUM, Knot Grass Calix five-leaved, cartilaginous; 



corolla none ; stigma simple ; capsule five-valred, one- 

 seeded. 



GLAUX, Sea Milkwort Calix one-leafed, bell-shaped ; cap- 

 sule one-celled, five-valved, five-seeded. 



THESIUM, Bastard Toad-flax Calix one-leafed, into which 

 the stamens are inserted ; corolla none ; nut inferior, one- 

 seeded. 



8. Such as have the lobes of the Corollas bent obliquely to the 



right. 



RAUWOLFIA Corolla oblique, salver-shaped ; berry glo- 

 bose, succulent, two-seeded. 



CERBERA Contorted : drupe one-seeded. 



VINCA, Periwinkle Corolla one-petalled, contorted ; folli- 

 cles two, erect ; seeds naked. 



GARDENIA, Cape Jasmine Corolla of one-petal, contorted; 

 berry coated, inferior, with many seeds; stigma lobed ; 

 anthers sessile in the mouth of the tube ; segments of the 

 calix vertical. 



NERIUM, Rose-bay, or Oleander Corolla salver-shaped, 

 contorted ; with a tube terminated by a lacerated crown ; 

 follicles two, erect. 



PLUMERIA Corolla contorted; follicles two, reflex ; seed* 

 inserted into their proper membrane. 



ECHITES, Savanna Flower Corolla contorted, funnel-shaped, 



