MENTZE'LIA STIPIT, 
STALKED MENTZELML 
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CAEP a Ds {ia divisions 
to which 
weancaae ro Plant belongs 
No, 34. 
oe Puivmier. Caxyx persistens, tubo eylindraceo sub- 
5- nea Die 5 lanceolatis phecetines equalibus. Prrara 5 summo ales 
tubo inserta equalia. Stamina plurima petalorum numero multi; um 
iis inserta, filamentis spe in phalanges dispositis antheris erectis ovatis bilo 
cularibus. Ovarium calycino tubo adnatum. Srvxi 3 ad medium ant ad api- 
cem in unicum striis tribus notatum connexi. CarsuLa Rai o-cylindracea, 
ealycinis lobis coronata, I-locularis, apice 3-val 3-6-9 ant abortu 
ab iis numeris subdiscrepantia, be vase 3 parieta ibus ect. DECANDOLLE, 
Prodromus Systematis Naturalis is, 34s : 
ronduiics, 
MONOGYNIA, 
OF LINNEUS. 
Hi 
eh 
SPECIES. bicagped pees ore ersyeras ae 1. Dacaxpouse Fok haere obovatis mu- 
pid 
rranat aminibus 
tipltatia 1 Decandolle Prodramui cide Regni yusidabiben Ii, 343. 
CHARACTER OF THE GENUS, MENTZELIA. CaLyx persistent, tube 
cylindrical, generally 5-furrowed, lobes lanceolate or awl-shaped, equal. 
Perats 5, equal, adherent to the tube of the calyx to near t 
then free. SrameENs numerous, but still some multiple of the “petal 
to which at the point of origin they adhere, but the filaments are free, 
and generally disposed in parcels, anthers erect, ovate, two-celled. 
Ovary adherent to the tube of the calyx. Sryzes Sianited § into # so- 
lid column as high as the middle or even the entire Jength, and mark- 
ed by 3-lines. CapsuLe turbinate or cy ndrical, crowned by the 
lobes of the calyx, 1-celled, splitting into 3 valves at the apex. SEEDS 
3-6-9, but frequently varying from these numbers from abortion, at- 
tached to 3 parietal placente. 
DeEscRipTION OF THE Species, MENTZELIA STIPITATA. — Piant 
herbaceous, but disposed to become woody, dichotomously branched, 
whole surface rough with stiff hairs, hairs glandular at the apex, secre- 
ting a viscid fluid. Leaves alternate, exstipulate, petiolate, somewhat 
REFERENCE TO THE DissEcTIONS. 
1,A petal. 2 f th t of stamens. 3, ovary with pongo oe inner stamens 
and style, 4, fruit. 5, section of ditto, wi 
