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SYNOPSIS OF THE GENERA. 
Cuass 23. PoLyGamia. 
(Stamens and Pistils separate, or united, on the same 
or on different plants, and having two different 
kinds of perianth.) 
OrverR 1. Mownoxcta.—Flowers different, on the same plant. 
1]. ATri'pLEX, [Page 1297.] Barren and united flowers. Peri- 
anth five partite. Stamens five, pistils imperfect, rarely 
perfect. Fertile flowers, the perianth single, of two 
valves, compressed, becoming larger after flowering, and 
covering the seed. Style bifid. Fruit an urticie, with a 
single vertical seed,, albuminous, its ¢esta crustaceous, 
attached by a lateral hilum near to the base, or to the 
middle of the side, by means of an elongated funiculus 
pericarp, membranous, free. 
2. Hati'mus, [Page 1303.] Barren and united flowers. Peri- 
anth five partite. Stamens five, pistils imperfect, rarely 
perfect. Fertile flowers. Perianth of two parts, united 
to the extremity, three toothed, wedge-shaped below, be- 
coming larger after flowering, and inclosing the seed. 
Stigmas two. Fruit an urticle, with a single vertical seed, 
albuminous, its ¢esta membranous, pendulous, from an 
elongated funiculus, radical terminal. Pericarp very 
thin, ultimately adhering to the tube of the perianth. 
