DECANDRIA. 



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DECANDRIA. 



fringed and jagged; one stamen longer than tlie rest; cap- 

 sule with four unequal wings, of one cell, without valves. 



GOMPHIA Calix five-leaved ; corolla five-petalled ; berries 

 one to five, on a large receptacle ; seed solitary. 



HELICTERES. See Gynandria Decandria. (Schreber.) 



HYPOPITHYS, Pine Sap Calix three to five parted ; corolla 

 pseudo-polypetalous, persistent; segments four or five, 

 each with a nectariferous base ; anthers small, horizontal, 

 one-celled, at length opening flat ; stigma orbicular, with 

 a bearded margin ; capsule five-celled, five-valved ; seeds 

 very numerous, minute, subulate. 



LEDUM, Labrador Tea Calix five-cleft; corolla flat, five- 

 parted; capsule five-celled, gaping at the base. 



LYONIA Calix five-toothed ; corolla subglobose, pubes- 

 cent; capsule five-celled; valves five; seeds numerous, 

 subulate. 



MYLOCARIUM, Buckwheat-tree Calix five-toothed ; petals 

 five; stigma capitate, three-angled, sessile; capsule supe- 

 rior, suberose, two or three winged, three-celled, cells one- 

 seeded ; seed subulate. 



NICANDRA Calix turbinate, coloured, four-parted ; corolla 

 one-petalled, ten-cleft ; germen encircled with a mem- 

 branaceous wing; stigma peltate, orbicular, six-rayed; 

 berry roundish, six-grooved, three-celled, many-seeded. 



PE-TALOMA Calix goblet-shaped, five-toothed ; petals five, 

 inserted between the teeth of the calix ; stamens on the 

 margin of the calix; berry one-celled. 



PTEROSPORA Calix five-parted; corolla monopetalous, 

 ovate ; anthers eccentrically peltate, two-celled ; capsule 

 five-celled ; receptacle five-lobed ; seeds very numerous 

 and minute, each furnished with a terminal wing. 



PULTENJEA Calix five-toothed, two-lipped, with an ap- 

 pendage on each side; corolla papilionaceous, the wings 

 shorter than the standard ; germen sessile ; style awl- 

 shaped; stigma acute; legume of one cell, with two 

 seeds, their appendages lobed and knotched. 



RHODORA, Rose-blossom Calix five-toothed ; petals three, 

 unequal; stamens declined ; capsule five-celled. 



SANDORICUM Calix five-toothed; petals five; nectary 

 cylindrical, truncate, bearing the anthers at its mouth ; 

 drupe filled with five seeds. 



SCOTIA Calix tubular, five-cleft; petals five, inserted into 

 the calix, closed by the sides lying over each other. 



THERMIA Calix subcatnpanulate, half-four-cleft, the upper 

 segments truncate and emarginate ; corolla papilionaceous ; 

 petals nearly equal in length ; vexillum reflected at the 

 sides ; carina obtuse ; legume compressed and falcate, 

 attenuated at the base, many-seeded. 



TOMEX, Tallow Tree Involucre four or five leaved; calix 

 none; corolla five-petalled; nectary scales five, between 

 the lower stamens ; berry one-seeded. 



VIRGILIA Calix five-cleft; corolla papilionaceous; petals 

 nearly equal in length ; sides of the vexillum not reflected ; 

 stigma beardless ; legume compressed, oblong, many- 

 seeded. 



ZUCCAGNIA Calix bell-shaped, its border in five perma- 

 nent segments ; petals five, obovate, the upper one broadest, 

 vaulted ; legume of one cell, and two valves ; seed solitary. 



ZWINGERA Calix in five deep segments; petals five; fila- 

 ment dilated and hairy at the lower part; capsules five, 

 coriaceous, seated on a fleshy receptacle ; seed solitary. 



2. DIGYNIA (Two Pistils.) 



ROYETTA, Bladder-nut Calix pitcher-shaped ; corolla one- 

 petalled, with the border revolute ; capsule one-celled, 

 four-ralved, (a four-celled berry, Genrtner.) 



HYDRANGEA Capsule two-celled, two-beaked, containing 

 many seeds ; corolla five-petalled ; calix five-cleft, superior. 



CUNONIA Corolla five-petalled ; calix five-leaved ; capsule 

 two-celled, acuminate, many-seeded ; styles longer than 

 the flower. 



CHRYSOSPLESTIUM, Golden Saxifrage Calix four or five 

 cleft, coloured ; corolla none ; capsule two-beaked, one- 

 celled, many-seeded. 



SAXIFRAGA, Saxifrage Calix five-parted; corolla five- 

 petalled ; capsule two-beaked, one-celled, many-seeded. 



TIARELLA Calix five-parted ; corolla five-petalled, inserted 

 into the calix; petals entire; capsule one-celled, two- 

 valved, with one valve larger. 



MITELLA Calix five-cleft; corolla five-petalled, inserted 

 into the calix ; petals pinnatifid ; capsule one-celled, two- 

 valved, valves equal. 



SCLERANTHUS, Knawel Calix one-leafed, inferior; corolla 

 none; seeds two, enclosed in the calix. 



TRIANTHEMA Calix mucronate below the tip; corolla 

 none; stamens five or ten; germen retuse; capsule cut 

 round. 



GYPSOPHILA Calix one-leafed, bell-shaped, angular; pe- 

 tals five, ovate, sessile ; capsule globular, one-celled. 



SAPONARIA, Soapwort Calix one-leafed, naked; petals 

 five, clawed ; capsule oblong, one-celled. 



DIANTHCS, Pink, Carnation, Sfc. Calix cylindric, one- 

 leafed, with four scales at the base ; petals five, with 

 claws; capsule cylindric, one-celled. 



3. TRIGYNIA (Three Pistils.) 



CCCTTBALUS, Berry-bearing Chickweed Calix inflated; pe- 

 tals five, having claws, but no crown ; capsule three- 

 celled. 



SILENE, Catch/ly Calix one-leafed, ventricose; petals five, 

 with claws crowned at the throat; capsule three-celled. 



STELLARIA, Stitchwort Calix five-leaved, spreading; petals 

 five, two-parted ; capsule superior, one-celled, many- 

 seeded, six-toothed at top; seeds numerous. 



ARENARIA, Sandwort Calix five-leaved, expanding; pe- 

 tals five, entire; capsule one-celled, many-seeded. 



CHERLERIA Calix five-leaved; nectaries five, bifid, re- 

 sembling petals ; anthers alternate, barren ; capsule one- 

 celled, three-valved, three-seeded. 



GARIDELLA Calix five-leaved, like petals; nectaries five, 

 two-lipped, bifid ; capsules three, connected, containing 

 many seeds. 



MALPIGHIA, Barbadoes Cherry Calix five-leaved, with mel- 

 liferous pores on the outside, at the base ; berry one- 

 celled, three-seeded. 



BANISTERIA Calix five-parted, with melliferous pores at 

 the base on the outside ; petals roundish, with claws ; 

 stigmas leaf-shaped; seeds three, winged with mem- 

 branes. 



TRIOPTEROS Calix five-parted, with two honey-pores at the 

 base on the outside ; petals five, roundish, clawed ; fila- 

 ments cohering at the base ; capsules three, one-seeded, 

 three or four winged. 



ERYTIIROXYLUM, Redwood Calix turbinate ; petals five, 

 each with a notched nectariferous scale at its base ; sta- 

 mens connected at their base ; drupe of one cell. 



HIRJEA Calix five-leaved; petals roundish, with claws; 

 capsules three, closed, single-seeded, with two or three 

 unequal wings ; seeds two, or solitary. 



DENTZIA Calix one-leafed ; capsule three-celled ; filaments 

 three-cusped. 



