Classification of Plants 



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open. Petals twisted, unequal-sided. Stamens 10-15, alter- 

 nating in parcels of 2-3 with 5 slender staminodia. Ismail 



YlG.3i-i.Hermanniaalth<sfolia,l^.: FIG. y.z.Hermannia (Mahernia} 

 a, stamens. (After " Botanical Ma- ovalis, H. : a, stamens, 



gazine".) 



Eastern trees with an abundance of white or rosy flowers. The 

 petals become papery and enlarged, remaining on. 



A A A. Floivers perfect, no sta- 

 minodia. 



Hermannia is a very common, 

 more or less prostrate, weed with the 

 habit of a shrub or an under-shrub. 

 The calyx is often inflated. The 

 flowers red, orange, or creamy white. 

 Stamens 5, opposite the petals, 

 broad, narrowed toward the top or 

 bottom. Leaves entire or toothed, 

 often plaited. The entire plant often 

 covered with stellate hairs, woolly, .velvety, or sticky. 



FIG. 313. Floral diagrai 

 Hcnncinnia. 



