Class VIII. 
OCTANDRIA. 
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912. Gnidia. Cor. funnel-shaped, 4-cleftj with 4-8-petaloid scales at the oi-ifice. Nut somewhat drupa- 
ceous. 
913. Stellera. Cor. 4-cleft, inflated in middle. Stam. inserted in throat, very short. Nut 1, beaked. 
914. Passerina. Cor. 4-cleft, naked. Style filiform, lateral, long. Stamens inserted on the tube. Nut 1, 
coated. 
915. Lachncea. Flowers in heads. Cor. 4-cleft, with an unequal limb Filaments long, with an unequal in- 
sertion. Nut somewhat drupaceous. 
916. Combretum. Cal. 4-toothed, campanulate, superior. Petals 4, inserted in the calyx. Staniens very 
long. Caps. 4-angular, with membranous angles, 1-celled, Seed 1, oblong. 
917. Galenia. Cal. 4-cleft. Cor. O. Capsule roundish, 2-seeded. 
918. Aphananthe. Sepals 5. Two stamens opposite 2 sepals, 6 opposite and alternate witli three other 
sepals. 
919. Weinmannia. Sepals 4. Petals 4. Caps. 2-celIed, 2-beaked. 
920. Mohringia. Sepals 4. Petals 4. Caps. 1-celled, 4-valved. 
921. Polygonum. Cal. O. Cor. 5-parted, like a calyx. Seed 1, angular, covered. (Stamens and styles un- 
certain in number.) 
922. Coccoloba. -Cal. 5.parted, colored, finally becoming berried. Cor. O. Berry formed of the calyx, 
1-seeded. 
923. PauUinia. Sepals 5. Petals 4. Nect. 4-leaved, unequal. Caps, turbinate, 3-cornered, 3-celIed, with 
1-seeded cells. Seeds with an arillus. 
924. Seriana. Sepals 5. Petals 4. Nect. 4-leaved. Samarte 3, longitudinally united, globose, connected 
downwards in a membranous wing. 
925. Cardiospermum. Sepals 4. Petals 4. Nect. 4-leaved, unequal. Caps. 3, connate, inflated. 
926. Sapindus. Sepals 4. Petals 4. Caps, fleshy, connate, ventricose. 
927. Verea. Sepals 4. Cor. hypocrateriform, 4-cleft, with acute segments, and a ventricose tube. Scales 4, 
at the base of the ovaries, linear. Capsules 4, 1-celled, many-seeded. 
928. Bi-yophyllum. Sepals 4. Petals 4, connate into a cylinder. Seeds many. 
929. Paris. Sepals 4. Petals 4, narrower. Anth. attached to the middle of filament. Berry 4-ceIled. 
930. Adoxa. CaJ. 2-3-cleft, inferior. Cor. 4-5-cleft, superior. Berry 1-celled, 4-5-seeded, united witli the 
calyx. 
931. Elatine. Sepals 4. Petals 4. Caps. 4-celled, 4-valved, depressed, many seeded j the dissepiments 
opposite the sutures. 
932. Haloragis. Sepals 4, superior. Petals 4, caducous. Drupe dry. Nut 4-celled. 
9.33. Forskohlea, Cal. 4-leaved. Petals 8 spatulate. Seeds 4 enveloped in wool. 
Order 4. TETRAGYNIA. 
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8 Stamens. 4 Styles. 
