POLYANDRIA. 



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POLYANDRIA. 



CISTUS, Rock Rose Corolla five-pctalled ; calix five-leaved, 

 with two of the leaflets smaller ; capsule superior, angular, 

 many-seeded. 



PROCKIA Calix three-leaved, besides sometimes two leaf- 

 lets at the base; corolla none; berry five-cornered, many- 

 seeded. 



CORCHORUS, Jews' Mallow Corolla five-petalled ; calix five- 

 leaved, deciduous; capsule many-valved, many-celled. 



SEGUIERIA Calix five-leaved ; corolla none; capsule one- 

 seeded, terminated by a large wing, and having small 

 lateral ones ; seeds solitary. 



LOOSA Calix five-leaved, superior; corolla five-petalled; 

 petals hooded; nectary five-leaved, converging; capsule 

 turbinate, one-celled, three-valved, many-seeded. 



TREWIA Calix three-leaved, superior; corolla none; cap- 

 sule tricoccous. 



TRILIX Calix three-leaved ; corolla three-petalled ; berry 

 five-celled, many-seeded. 



ALSTONIA Corolla one-petalled, eight or ten cleft; clefts 

 alternated. 



SPARRMANNTA Calix four-leaved ; corolla of four reflexed 

 petals; nectaries several, torulose; capsule angular, five- 

 celled, echinated. 



TERNSTROSMIA Calix four-parted; corolla one-petalled, 

 wheel-shaped, with the border bell-shaped, five or six 



parted; anthers thick at the tip; berry juiceless, two-celled. 



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ASCIUM Calix five-leaved, coriaceous ; corolla five-petalled ; 

 berry? one-celled, with very many seeds. 



AUBLETIA Calix five-leaved; corolla five-petalled; capsule 

 many-celled, echinate, with many seeds in each cell. 



BEFARIA Calix seven-cleft; petals seven; stamens four- 

 teen; capsule seven-celled, many-seeded. 



BONNETIA Calix five-parted, two parts longer; corolla 

 five-petalled, three smaller upright, two larger declinate ; 

 capsule oblong, three-celled, three-valved, many-seeded. 



DICERA Petals four or five, obovate, trifid ; nectary of four 

 or five emarginate corpuscles; anthers two-horned. 



DOLIOCARPUS Calix five-leaved; corolla three-petalled, 

 plaited ; stigmas subbifid ; berry globular, crowned with 

 the style, one-celled, two-seeded. 



GREWIA. See Gynandria Polyandria. 



HELIANTHEMUM Segments of the calix mostly unequal, 

 the two exterior smaller; petals five; capsule superior, 

 one-celled, three-valved; valves septiferous in the centre. 



HUDSOKIA Calix inferior, unequally three-parted, tubular, 

 and coloured, two of the segments obsolete ; petals five ; 

 stamens fifteen to twenty; capsule one-celled, three- 

 valved, one to three seeded ; seeds granulated. 



LEGNOTIS Calix five-cleft; petals five, jagged, inserted into 

 the receptacle; capsules three-celled. 



LEMNISCIA Calix five-toothed; corolla five-petalled, re- 

 curved; nectary cup-shaped, girding the germen ; pericarp 

 five-celled ; seeds solitary. 



LEWISIA Calix seven to nine leaved ; petals fourteen to 

 eighteen; style trifid; capsule trilocular, polyspermous ; 

 seeds shining. 



MAPPIA Calix five-parted; corolla five-petalled; germen 

 superior; berry one-seeded ; seed arilled. 



MARILA Calix five-leaved; corolla five-petalled; capsule 

 four-celled, many-seeded ; stigma simple. 



MYRODENDUUM Corolla five-petalled, spreading, much 

 larger than the five-toothed calix ; stigma capitate, five- 

 lobed ; pericarp five-celled, with one seed in each cell. 



NUPIIAR, Yellow Pond Lily Calix five or six leaved; petals 

 many, minute, inserted with the stamens upon the receptacle, 



externally nectariferous ; stigma orbicular, radiated, sessile ; 

 capsule carnose, many-celled, many-seeded, superior. 



RITTERA Calix four-leaved; petal one, lateral; legume 

 one-celled, two-valved. 



RYANIA Calix five-leaved, permanent, coloured ; corolla 

 none; stigmas four; berry suberous, one-celled, many- 

 seeded. 



STERBECKIA Calix three or five leaved; corolla three or 

 five petalled ; capsule corticose, not opening, legume- 

 shaped, many-seeded. 



SWARTZIA Calix four-leaved; petal single, lateral, flat; 

 legume one-celled, bivalve; seeds arillated. 



TALINUM Calix two to five leaved, inferior; petals five; 

 capsule one-celled, three-valved, many-seeded ; receptacle 

 globose ; seeds arillate. 



2. DIGYNIA (Two Pistils.) 



PJEONIA, Pteony Calix five-leaved ; petals five ; styles none ; 

 capsule many-seeded. 



CURATELLA Calix five-leaved ; petals four; styles two; 

 capsule two-parted, with two seeds in each cell. 



FOTHERGILLA Capsule inferior, truncated, entire ; corolla 

 none; germens combined ; capsules of two valves; seeds 

 solitary, bony. 



LACIS Calix and corolla none; filaments winged on both 

 sides below; receptacle girt with twelve spines; capsule 

 ovate, eight-streaked, one-celled, two-valved, many- 

 seeded. 



TRICHOCARPUS Calix four or five parted; corolla none; 

 styles two, bifid ; capsule bristly, one-celled, four-valved, 

 many-seeded. 



3. TRIGYNIA (Three Pistils.) 



DELPHIKTUM, Larkspur Calix none; petals five; nectary 



cloven, produced into a horn behind ; siliques three, or 



one. 

 ACONITUM, Wolf's-bane Calix none ; petals five, the highest 



arched, shaped like a hood or helmet; nectaries two; 



peduncle recurved ; capsules three or five. 

 HOMALIUM Calix six or seven parted ; corolla six or seven 



petalled ; stamens twenty-one, in three bodies ; pericarp 



one-celled, many-seeded. 



4. TETRAGYNIA (Four Pistils.) 



TETRACERA Calix five or six leaved; corolla four or five 

 petalled ; filaments widening above, and anther-bearing on 

 each side ; capsules one to four, opening on the side ; 

 seed arilled at the base. 



CARYOCAR Calix five-parted; petals five; styles usually 

 four; drupe with four nuts. 



CIMICIFUGA, Stinking Bugbane Calix four or five leaved; 

 nectaries four, urceolate; capsules four to seven. 



RJIIZOEOLUS Calix half-five-cleft; petals five; germen four- 

 sided, superior; nuts four, one-celled, one-seeded. 



WINTERA, Winter's Bark Calix splitting unequally; petals 

 numerous ; stamens club-shaped, with terminal two-lobed 

 anthers; styles none; berries superior, aggregate ; seeds 

 several, in a double row. 



5. PENTAGYNIA (Five Pistils.) 



AQUILEGIA, Columbine Calix none; petals five; nectaries 

 five, horned, between the petals; capsules five, distinct. 



