PENTANDRIA, DIGYNIA. 
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about half the length of the petals ; anthers 
oval, 2-celled, connected at their summits to the 
petals near their base by a fascicle of yellow 
filaments — Style terete, simple ; stigma round, 
entire; germ about 3-seeded, ovula, pendulous, 
attached to the apex of a filiform contractile fu- 
niculus arising from the base of the capsule. 
Capsule nearly globular, and angular, 1-seeded, 
not opening, thin and brittle, not osseous, coat- 
ed by the base of the calix. Seed round, about 
the size of a small pea, consisting almost en- 
tirely of a large carnose and oily perisperm, 
embryon inverted, small, flat, nearly in the axis 
of the perisperm ; radicle superior, thick and 
obtuse; cotyledons linear and acute. — JVutt, 
Comandra umbellata, Nutt. 
Thesium umbellatum, L., Wilid., Pursh. 
T. corymbulosum, Mich. 
Bastard Toad-flax. 
A small plant seldom above 10 inches in height. Very rare 
in this neighbourhood; I have only found it at the Woodlands 
along the banks of the Schuylkill. Flowers white. Perenniah 
June, July. 
ORDER II. DIGYNIA. 
122. APOCYNUM. Gen. pi. 426. fApocyne^.J 
Calix very small, 5-cleft, persistent. Corolla 
campanulate, half 5-cleft, lobes revolute, 
furnished at the base with 5 dentoid glands 
alternating with the stamina. Anthers 
connivent, sagittate cohering to the stig- 
ma by the middle.” R. Brown. Style 
obsolete; stigma thick and acute. Folli- 
cles long and linear. /Siee(?.comose. — JTutt. 
