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cannot account for his using a Sanscrit word with- 

 out being led to it, unless he had acquired at least 

 traditional knowledge. It might be referred, from 

 the imperfect mixed flower, to the twenty- third class. 



67. Sa'co'ta'ca: 



Syn. 



Vulg. Syura, or Syaura . 



Koen. Rough-leaved Tropins? 



MALE. 



Cal. Common irribricatdd; leaf 'els six or eight, eg- 

 ged, acute, small, expanding, withering, con- 

 taining generally from five to seven flowerets. 

 Partial four-parted ; divisions egged, expanded, 

 villous. 



Cor. None, unless you assume the calyx. 



St am. Filaments mostly four (in some, three; In 

 one, five) awled, fleshy, rather compressed, 

 spreading over the divisions of the calyx, and 

 adhering to them at the point. Jinthers double, 

 folded .- 



The buds elastic, springing open on a touch. 



FEMALE. 



Cal. Four-parted; divisions egged, concave, poin- 

 ted, permanent, propped by two small bracts-, un- 

 less you call them the calyx. 



Cor. None; unless you give the calyx that name. 



Pi st. Germ roundish. Style very short, cylindric. 

 Stigma long, two-parted, permanent. 



Per. Berry one-seeded, navelled, smooth, somewhat 

 flattened. 



Seed globular, arilled. 



Leaves various, some inverse-egged, some oblong, 



some 



