MONCECIA. 



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MONCECIA. 



deltoid. Female: solitary; calix four-cleft; drupe with 

 a triangular shell. 



THOA Calix and corolla none. Male: stamens numerous, 

 at the joints of the spike. Female : germens two, at the 

 base of the male spike, one on each side, sessile ; stigma 

 three or four cleft, covered with a bristly web. 



9. MONADELPHIA (The Male Flowers with One Set of 

 united Stamens.) 



HURA, Sandbox Tree Male : ament imbricated ; perianth 

 truncated; corolla none ; filaments cylindrical, peltate at 

 the tip, surrounded by many anthers in pairs. Female: 

 calix and corolla none; style funnel-form ; stigma twelve- 

 cleft ; capsule twelve-celled ; seed one. 



PINUS, Pine, Larch, and Fir Trees Male : calix four-leaved ; 

 corolla none ; stamens very many, with naked anthers. 

 Female : strobile with a two-flowered scale ; corolla none ; 

 pistil one ; seeds two, winged at the base of each scale. 



CUPRESSUS, Cypress Male : catkin imbricate ; calix a scale ; 

 corolla none; anthers two or four, sessile, without fila- 

 ments. Female : catkin strobilaceous ; calix a scale ; 

 corolla none ; stigma one or two concave points ; nut 

 angular. 



THUJA, Arbor Vita Male: calix, scale of an ament; co- 

 rolla none; stamens four. Female: calix of a strobile, 

 with a two-flowered scale; corolla none; seed one, girt 

 with a membranaceous wing. 



TRICHOSANTHES, Snake Gourd Calix five-toothed ; corolla 

 five-parted, ciliate. Male : filaments three. Female : 

 style trifid ; pome oblong. 



MOMORDICA, Male Balsam Apple Calix five-cleft; corolla 

 five-parted. Male : filaments three, bifid ; capsule three- 

 celled ; seed one. 



ACALYPHA Male: calix three or four leaved ; no corolla; 

 from eight to sixteen stamens. Female : calix three- 

 leaved; no corolla; styles three; capsule three-grained, 

 three-celled ; seed one. 



DALECHAMPIA Outer common involucre with four leaflets, 

 inner with two trifid leaves. Male : umbellule ten-flowered; 

 involucre two-leaved, with numerous chaffs; proper peri- 

 anth five-leaved ; corolla none; filaments very numerous, 

 connate. Female : floscules three ; involucel three-leaved, 

 proper perianth with eleven leaflets; corolla none; style 

 filiform ; capsule tricoccous. 



PLUKENETIA Male : calix in four deep segments ; corolla 

 none; stamens numerous. Female: calix and corolla as 

 in the male; germen superior; style simple; stigmas four, 

 capitate; capsule four-lobed; cells elastic, with solitary 

 seeds. 



CROTON, Tallow Tree Male : calix cylindric, five-toothed ; 

 corolla five-petalled ; stamens ten to fifteen. Female : 

 calix many-leaved; corolla none; styles three, bifid; cap- 

 sule three-celled ; seed one. 



RICINUS, Palma Christi, or Castor-Oil Plant Male : calix 

 five-parted ; corolla none ; stamens numerous. Female : 

 calix three-cleft; corolla none; styles three, bifid ; cap- 

 sule three-celled ; seed one. 



JATIIOPHA, Physic Nut Male: calix none; corolla one- 

 petalled, funnel-form; stamens ten, alternately longer and 

 shorter. Female : calix none ; corolla five-petalled, spread- 

 ing; styles three, bifid ; capsule three-celled ; seed one. 



HIPPOMANE, Manchineel Male: an ament; perianth bifid; 

 corolla none. Female: perianth trifid; corolla none; 

 stigma three-parted; drupe, or capsule, three-grained. 



STILLINGIA Male: calix hemispherical, many-flowered; 



corolla tubular, erose. Female : calix one-flowered, infe- 

 rior; corolla tubular, superior; style trifid; capsule tri- 

 coccous. 



GKETUM Male: an ament with scales ; corolla none; fila- 

 ment one, with two anthers. Female: an ament with 

 scales; corolla none; style with a bifid stigma; drupe 

 with one seed. 



CUCUMIS, Cucumber Calix five-toothed; corolla five-parted. 

 Male: filaments three. Female: pistil three-cleft; pome 

 with acute seeds. 



CUCURBITA, Gourd Calix five-toothed ; corolla five-cleft. 

 Male: filaments three. Female : pistil five-cleft ; seeds of 

 the pome with a swelling margin. 



SICYOS, Single-seeded Cucumber Male : calix five-toothed ; 

 corolla five-parted ; filaments three. Female : calix supe- 

 rior, five-toothed ; corolla five-parted ; style trifid ; berry 

 one-seeded. -Willdenow. 



AGYNEIA Calix six-leaved; corolla none. Male: three 

 anthers growing to the rudiment of a style. Female : 

 germ perforated at top; without style or stigma. 



ALEUP.ITES The Essential Character not determined. There 

 is but one species. 



BRADLEJA Male: calix none; corolla, petals six, nearly 

 equal; filaments three, with three twin anthers. Female: 

 calix none ; corolla six-parted, three parts interior; ger- 

 men superior, with six to eight stigmas; capsule six- 

 celled, six-valved ; seed solitary. 



GYMNANTHES Male : ament naked ; perianth and corolla 

 none ; stamens, pedicels three-parted or three-forked, 

 anther-bearing. Female : ament. or germen pedicelled ; 

 corolla none; style trifid; capsule tricoccous, three- 

 celled. 



NIPA Male: spathe; corolla six-petalled. Female: spathe; 

 corolla none ; drupes angular. 



OMPHALEA Male: calix four-leaved; corolla none; fila- 

 ments columnar, with the anthers inserted into it. Fe- 

 male : calix five-leaved; corolla none; stigma trifid; 

 capsule fleshy, three-celled ; nuts solitary. 



PHYLLANTHUS Male: calix six-parted, bell-shaped; co- 

 rolla none. Female: calix six-parted; petals none; styles 

 three, bifid ; capsule three-celled ; seeds solitary. 



SECHIUM, Choco Vine Male: calix half-five-cleft; corolla 

 five-cleft, with ten hollows in the upper part of the tube; 

 filaments five, connected. Female : stigma very large, 

 peltate, reflexed, five-cleft; pericarp large, ovate-turbinate; 

 one-seeded. 



SIPHONIA, Elastic Gum Tree Calix one-leafed, bell-shaped, 

 five-cleft; corolla none. Male: anthers five, growing 

 below the top of the column. Female: style one; stig- 

 mas three ; capsule tricoccous ; seed one, sometimes two 

 or three. 



XYLOPHYLLA, Sea-side Laurel Male: calix in six deep 

 segments, three of them interior; petals none; nectary of 

 six globose glands. Female : calix and nectary like the 

 male; styles three; stigmas three-cleft ; capsule of three 

 cells, with six elastic valves ; seeds two in each cell. 



10. GYNANDRIA. 



(Such plants as have the male flowers furnished with stamens 

 that grow out of a kind of style, or imperfect pistil, the 

 perfect one being in the female flower.) 



ANDRACHNE, Bastard Orpine Male: calix five-leaved; 

 corolla five-petalled ; stamens five, inserted into the rudi- 

 ment of the style. Female: calix five-leaved; corolla 

 none; styles three; capsule three-celled ; seeds two. 



