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PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Class V. 
10. Flowers polt/petalous, superior. 
542. Phylica. Cal. 5-parted, turbinate. Pet. O. Scales 5, protecting the stamens. Caps. 3-coccous, 
inferior. 
543. Plectronia. Cal. turbinate, 5-toothed, persistent, closed by 5 villous scales. Pet. 5, inserted in the throat 
of calyx. Berry 2-celled, 2-seeded. 
.544. Conocarpus. Pet. 5 or O. Seeds naked, solitary. Flowers in heads. 
545. Cyphia. Cal. 5-cleft, turbinate. Petals linear, dilated at base, connivent, spreading at end. Filaments 
hairy, cohering. Anthers distinct. Stigma cernuous, hollow, gibbous. 
546. Light/ootia. Sepals 5. Petals thin, bottom closed by stamen-bearing valves. Stigma 3-5-cleft. Caps. 
3-5-celled, 3-5-valved, ^-superior. 
547. Jasione. Flowers in heads. Common involucrum 10-leaved. Petals 5, erect. Anthers oblong, coher- 
ing at base. Stigma bifid. 
548. Lagoecia. Umbel simple. Common mvolucre about 8-leaved, partial 4-leaved, finely pinnated. Cal. 
5-cleft, with many-cut fine segments. Petals 2-fid. Seeds crowned by the calyx. 
549. Hedera. Petals 5, oblong. Berry 5-seeded, surrounded by the calyx. 
550. Ribes. Petals 5, and stamens inserted into the calyx. Style 2-fid. Berry many-seeded, inferior. 
551. Gronovia. Petals 5, and stamens inserted into the campanulate calyx. Berry dry, 1-seeded, inferior. 
11. Flowers incomplete, inferior. 
552. Achyranthes. Sepals 5. Scales 5, connate at the base into a tube, at the end fringed and alternate with 
the stamens. Stigma 2-fid. Seed solitary, crowned by the conniving sepals. 
553. Philoxerus. Sepals 5, irregular. Stamens 6, united at the base into a little cup shorter than the ovary. 
Anthers 1-celled. Style 1. Utricle 1-seeded, without valves. 
554. DesmochcBta. Sepals 5. Stamens 5, united at base with a very small cup with neither teeth nor chaff" 
between. Stigma capitate. Utricle 1-seeded. 
.555. Illecebrum. Sepals 5, vaulted at the end. Pet. O. Stigma simple or bifid. Caps. 5-valved, 1-seeded. 
556. Alternanthera. Sepals 5. Stamens 5, united into a little cup, with or without intermediate teeth, one 
or more of the stamens usually abortive. Anthers 1-celled. Stigma capitate. 
557. Paronychia. Cal. nearly 5-parted, colored inside. Scales or petals 5, linear. Style 2-fid. Stigmas 2. 
Caps. 1-celled, 5-valved. 
558. Chenolea. Cal. globose, fleshy, concave. Cor. O. Filam. inserted into the base of calyx. Stigmas 2, 
spreading. Caps, round, depressed, 1-celled, 1-seeded. 
559. Anychia. Cal. connivent, with oblong segments, bagged at the end. Pet. O. Filam. distinct, with no 
setEB between. Stigmas 2, oblong. Caps, an utricle, not opening. Seed 1, reniform. 
560. ^rua. Sepals 5, with 2-3-bractea2, oblong ; on the outside white, hairy ; inside smooth. Stamens 10, 
alternately barren, inserted into a little cup at the base. Style larger, filiform. Stigma bifid. 
561. Lestibudesia. Sepals 5. Stamens 5, united into a little cup without teeth. Anthers 2-celled. Ovary 
many-seeded. Style short or none. Stigmas 3-4, filiform, recurved. Caps, opening transversely. 
562. Rhagodia. Flowers polygamous. Perianth 5-parted. Stamens 5 or fewer. Style bifid. Grain de- 
pressed, fleshy, surrounded by the perianth. 
563. Deeringia. Perianth 5-parted. Stamens united at base into a small cup. Anthers 2-celIed. Style 
3-parted. Berry many-seeded. 
564. Trianthema. Sepals oblong, colored inside. Stamens 5-10-12, with capillary filaments. Ovary half-su- 
perior. Style 1 or 2, filiform. Stigmas simple. Caps, oblong, truncate, cut round. 
565. Celosia. Sepals 3, like a 5-petalous corolla. Stam. united at base by a plaited nectary. Caps, horizon- 
tally opening. Style 2-3-cleft. 
566. Gomphrena. Sepals 5, colored : outer 3 conniving, keeled. Pet. 5, rude, villous. Nect. cylindrical, 
5-toothed. Caps, cut round, 1-seeded. Style half-bifid. 
567. MoUia. Sepals 5. Pet. 5, emarginate. Style simple. Caps. 3-cornered, 1-celled, 3-valved, many- 
568. Glaux. Cal. 1-leaved, colored, 5-lobed. Cor. O. Caps. 1-celled, 5-valved, 5-seeded, surrounded by a 
calyx. 
12. Flowers incomplete, superior. 
569. Thesium. Cal. 1-leaved, into which the stamens are inserted, Nect. inferior, 1-seeded, surrounded by 
the persistent calyx. 
570. Heliconia. Spathes universal and partial. Cal. O. Cor. 3 petals, superior. Nect. 2-leaved. Stigma 1. 
Caps. 3-celled, with 1-seeded cells. 
571. Strelitxia. Spathes universal and partial. Cal. O. Cor. superior, 3 petals, the larger segments hastate. 
Nect. S-leaved, surrounding the stamens. Stigmas 3. Caps. 3-celled. Cells many-seeded. 
Orders, DIGYNIA. ^^^g-® 5 Stamens, 2 Styles. 
1. Flowers monopetalous, inferior. Fruit a follicle or capsule. (Asclepiade.*:.) 
572. Apocynum. Cor. campanulate. Filaments 5, alternate with the stamens. Style none. Stigma broad. 
FoUicles long, linear. 
573. Melodinus. Cal. campanulate, 5-toothed. Cor. hj'pocrateriform. Limb spreading, with falcate, crenu- 
late segments. Corona 5-cleft, with short, stellate, torn divisions. Stigmas 2. Fruit a fleshy globose, 2-celled, 
many-seeded berry. 
574. Periploca. Anthers bearded at back. Pollen-masses solitary, made up of 4 confluent ones. Stigma 
blunt. Follicles cylindrical, divaricating, smooth. Seed comose. 
575. Cryptostegia. Cor. funnel-shaped. Tube with two included bifid scales, alternate with the divisions of 
the limb. Stamens included, inserted in the base of the tube. Filaments distinct. Anthers cohering with the 
stigma by their base. Glands 5, spatulate. Pollen granular, simple. 
576. Hemidesmus. Cor. with 5 blunt scales under the sinuses. Anthers free from the stigma, simple at end. 
Stigma blunt. Follicles cylindrical, much spreading, smooth. Seeds comose. 
577. Secamone. Corona 5-leaved. Pollen-masses 20, smooth, erect, fixed by fours to the point of each cor- 
puscle of the stigma. Stigma contracted at end. 
578. Microloma. Tube of cor. inflated, angular, shorter than the limb. Scales inserted into the middle of 
the tube below the sinuses. Anthers terminated by a membrane, sagittate. Pollen-masses compressed, pen- 
dulous. Stigma with a little point. 
.579. Sarcostemma. Cor. rotate. Pollen-masses pendulous. Stigma blunt. Seeds comose. 
580. Dcemia. Cor. rotate, with a short tube. Outer corona 10-parted, short. Pollen-masses pendulous, 
compressed. Stigma blunt. Seeds comose. 
581. Cynanchum. Cor. rotate, 5-parted. Pollen-masses inflated. Stigma with a little point Follicles 
smooth. 
582. Oxtjstelma. Cor. spreading, rotate, with a short tube. Columna exserted. Crown 5-leaved, with com- 
pressed, acute, undivided leaflets. Pollen-masses compressed, pendulous, fixed by a narrow end. Stigma 
blunt. Follicles smooth. Seeds comose. 
583. Gymnema. Cor. 5-cleft. Scales or little teeth of the orifice 5, inserted in the sinuses. Crown none. 
Masses of pollen erect, fixed by the base. Follicle slender, smooth. 
