PENTANDRIA. 



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PENTANDRIA. 



PARONYCHIA Calix five-parted ; segments acuminate from 

 below the internal apex, and coloured in the inside; 

 corolla none; five filaments alternate with the stamens; 

 style bifid ; stigmas capitate. 



PHACELIA Calix five-parted ; corolla subcampanulate, five- 

 cleft, with five longitudinal margined melliferous grooves 

 on the inside ; stamens exserted; style filiform; stigmas 

 two; capsule two-celled, two-valved, four-seeded. 



PILOCARPUS Calix five-leaved ; corolla five-petalled ; fila- 

 ments inserted below the germen ; pericarp with from two 

 to fire cocculi or grains, united below, elastic. 



PINCKNEYA Calix five-parted, one or two of the segments 

 very large, resembling coloured bractes ; corolla long and 

 tubulous, the border recurved ; stamens exserted, inserted 

 near the base of the tube ; capsule roundish, at length 

 opening with two valves in a contrary direction to the 

 double dissepiment; seeds winged, transversely arranged 

 upon the receptacle. 



PITTOSPORUM, Pitch Seed Calix deciduous; petals five, 

 converging into a tube ; capsule two to five valved, two to 

 five celled; seeds covered with a pulp. 



PLOCAMA Calix five-toothed, superior; corolla bell-shaped, 

 five-cleft ; berry three-celled ; seeds solitary, linear- 

 oblong. 



POLYCARDIA Petals five, roundish ; stigma notched ; cap- 

 sule five-celled, five-valved ; seeds arilled. 



QUERIA Calix connivent, five-parted ; segments oblong, 

 furnished with an arched callosity; corolla none; fila- 

 ments of the anthers distinct, intermediate setae none ; 

 stigma subcapitate ; capsule utricular, not opening; seed 

 one, subreniform. 



QUINCHAMALA Calix in four unequal segments, superior; 

 corolla funnel-shaped, five-cleft; stigma capitate, un- 

 divided ; berry dry. 



ROELLA Corolla funnel-form, with the bottom closed by 

 stameniferous valves ; stigma bifid ; capsule two-celled 

 (one-celled, Gsertner,) cylindrical, inferior. 



RUYSCIIIA Calix five-leaved; corolla five-petalled, reflexed; 

 style none ; berry many-seeded. 



SABBATIA Calix five to twelve parted ; corolla rotated, five 

 to twelve parted ; stigmas two, spiral; anthers at length 

 revolute; capsule one-celled, two-valved, many-seeded. 



SCHCEFFIA Calix double, outer bifid, inferior, inner supe- 

 rior, quite entire; corolla bell-shaped; stigma capitate; 

 drupe one-seeded. 



SCHWENKFELDIA Involucre four-leaved ; corolla funnel- 

 form, hairy within; stigmas five; berry five-celled, many- 

 seeded ; (corolla salver-shaped ; stigma five-parted, Will- 

 denow.) 



SCOPOLIA Calix inferior, five-cleft; petals five; nectary 

 none; stigma capitate; capsule succulent, of five cells; 

 seeds solitary. 



SHEFFELDIA Calix five-cleft; corolla bell-shaped; fila- 

 ments ten, the alternate ones barren ; capsule one-celled, 

 five-valved, many-seeded. 



SOLANDRA Calix tubular, bursting; corolla clavate, funnel- 

 form, very large; berry four-celled, many-seeded. 



STRELITZIA Spathes universal and partial; perianth none; 

 corolla three-petalled ; nectary three-leaved, involving the 

 genitals ; capsule three-celled ; cells many-seeded. 



SYMPHONIA Calix small, four-toothed, bracteolate at the 

 base ; corolla tubular, short, five-cleft, subequal ; stigma 

 globose; berry ovate, small, crowned with the persistent 

 calix, four-celled, four-seeded, some of the cells some- 

 times abortive. 



TIIO.VINIA Corolla one-petalled, bell-shaped, hispid on the 



outside ; style simple ; drupe coriaceous, of two cells, 

 each two-seeded. 



TRIGUERA Corolla bell-shaped, with an unequal border; 

 nectary short, five-toothed, surrounding the germen ; fila- 

 ments inserted into the nectary ; berry four-celled, with 

 two seeds in each cell. 



VANGUERIA Calix five-toothed ; corolla tube globular, with 

 a hairy throat; stigma bilamellate ; berry inferior, four or 

 five seeded. 



VENTILAGO Calix tubular; corolla scales protecting the 

 stamens, which are inserted into the calix ; capsule winged 

 at the top, and one-seeded. 



VILLARSIA Calix five-parted ; corolla rotate, five-lobed ; 

 segments bearded at the base, with the margins inflected ; 

 stigma two-lobed ; glands five, alternating with the sta- 

 mens ; capsule one-celled, valveless. 



VIOLA, Violet Calix five-leaved ; corolla five-petalled, irre- 

 gular, horned at the back; anthers cohering; capsule 

 superior, one-celled, three-valved. 



UNCARIA Corolla salver-shaped ; germen crowned with a 

 gland ; stigma two-grooved ; pericarp two-celled, many- 

 seeded. 



WABERA Calix superior, in five permanent segments ; co- 

 rolla funnel-shaped, five-cleft; stamens in the mouth of 

 the tube; stigma club-shaped, with ten furrows; berry 

 inferior, of two cells; seeds several, angular. 



WALKERIA Calix inferior, in five deep permanent seg- 

 ments; corolla of five petals ; drupes five; nuts solitary, 

 kidney-shaped. 



WILLUGHBEIA Corolla salver-shaped, contorted; stigma 

 capitate; berry coated, with many angular seeds. 



WILSONIA Calix pitcher-shaped, five-sided, five-toothed ; 

 corolla funnel-shaped, of one petal, imbricated in the bud; 

 germen of two seeds ; style cloven ; stigmas capitate. 



WRIGHTIA Corolla oblique, salver-shaped, mouth crowned 

 with ten divided scales; stamens prominent; follicles two, 

 erect; seeds imbricated downwards, hairy at the lower 

 extremity. 



XYLOSTEUM Flowers in pairs on the summit of the same 

 peduncle; calix five-toothed, bractate at the base; corolla 

 five-cleft or five-lobed ; berries by pairs, two-celled, many- 

 seeded. 



ZIZIPHUS Calix flattish, in five deep segments ; petals five, 

 opposite to the stamens; drupe superior; nut of one or 

 two cells. 



2. DIGYNIA (Two Pistils.) 



1 . Suck as have the lobes of the Corollas bent obliquely to the 

 right. 



PERIPLOCA Calix minute, five-cleft, persistent; corolla 

 rotate, flat, five-parted, orifice surrounded with an 

 urceolate five-cleft crown, terminating in five filiform 

 appendices or awns; style one; stigma capitate, with five 

 angles ; follicles two, ventricose ; seeds comose. Or, 

 Nectary encircling the genitals, and putting forth five 

 threads. 



CYNANCHUM, Base Dog's-bane Contorted: nectary cylin- 

 dric, five-toothed. 



APOCYNUM, Dog's-bane Corolla bell-shaped ; nectaries five, 

 alternate with the segments. 



ASCLEPIAS, Swallow-wort Contorted : nectaries five, ovate, 

 concave, putting out a little horn. 



LINCONIA Petals five, with a nectareous excavation at the 

 base; capsule two-celled, 



STAPELIA Corolla one-petalled, five-cleft; nectary a double 



