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the following characters, ours muft be of the Poly- 
andria Polygynia, and fhould ftand next to the Mag- 
nolia • 
Characters of the I L L I C I U M F LO R I DAN U M, 
Or Florida Starry Aniseed Tree. 
Calyx. The perianthium, or flower -cup, 
confifts commonly of five little mem- 
branaceous and colored leaves, that foon fall 
off ; they are of a concave oblong oval form, 
pointed at the ends. Sometimes we meet 
with only four little leaves, fometimes fix, in 
the flower-cup. Kaempfer obferved four in his. 
Corolla. The flower confifts of many petals 
(from twenty-one to twenty-feven) which are 
lanceolated : thefe are of three fizes, and equal 
numbers in each circle, the outward ones are 
long (about an inch) concave, obtufe, and 
fpreading open. The next are a little fhorter 
and narrower; and the innermoft are ftill 
fhorter, much narrower, and very fharp point- 
ed ; but are not neCtaria, as Dr. Linnaeus 
fuppofes. 
Stamina. The filaments are many, (about 
thirty) very fhort and flat, placed over one 
another, furrounding the germina, or embryo 
feed vefiels. Thefe fupport as many antheras, 
or fummits, which are ereCt, oblong, and 
emarginated, or having a fmall indenture at 
top, with a cell on each fide full of farina, of 
a globular form when they are magnified. 
Vol. LX, Yyy Pistil- 
