P E C A N D R I A D I G Y N 1 A. 
cup. The limb is plain, but the fegments are e^cternally 
broader and obtufe* The ten filaments are Tubulated 
and the length of the tube of the corolla, alternately 
placed upon the ungues of the petals, having long, ob- 
tufe, proftrate antherse. The germen is taper, having 
tw6 ere(fi:, parallel ftyles, the length of the (lamina with 
acute ftlgmata. T he fruit is a capfuk the length of the 
cup, covered, unilocular and cylindraceous, containing 
many fmall feeds. 
O^cvtalis, Soap-wort with cylindrical cups and ova- 
to-lanceolated leaves. \n ton Tov^n. Oppofite Mr 
Clarkson’s houfe in Tealand Redman^ Lan, plentifully* 
Near Mordon College^ Camb, Per, July^ Aug, 
DJANTHUS. Clove Gilly-flower, Carnation 
and Pink. 
The cup is cylindrical, long, flriated and remains till 
the fruit be ripe, the mouth is ered and quinquedentated, 
furrounded at the bafe with four fquamulas, of which 
two are lower than the others. The flower hath five pe- 
tals and the ungues are the length of the cup, narrow 
and placed upon the receptacle; the upper part is broad, 
obtule and crenated. The ten filaments are fubulated 
and the length of the cup with patulent apices. The 
antherae are ovali-oblong, comprefled and proftratc. / 
The germen is oval having two fubulated ftyles longer 
than the ftamina and the ftigmata are crooked and acu- 
minated. The capfule is cylindraceous, clofe, unilocu- 
lar, opening at the top four ways, containing many com- 
preffed, roundifti feeds. The receptacle is open, tetra- 
gonal, (horter by half than the feed veffel. 
Obf. Linn. In feme, the ftyles fcarcely exceed the 
length of the ftamina, in others they are very long, but 
fo much turned back, that the inflexion of the flower ap- 
pears unncceflTary, 
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