Classification of Plants 333 



open. Petals twisted, unequal-sided. Stamens 10-15, ^ilter- 

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



t-fa 



Fig. 311. — Hcniia/Diia allha folia , ]^. : 

 a, stamens. (.After " I-lotanical Ma- 

 gazine ".) 



I'k; 



312. — rli-rmariniu {.Malicy/iin) 

 uveitis, H. : a stamens. 



Eastern trees with an aliuiidance of white or rosy floH-ers 

 petals become papery and enlarged, rernainitig on. 



AAA. 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. 

 Stainens 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. 



The 



Fig. 313. — Floral diagram of 

 I-h'rnm nuia. 



