PLATE CCI.
AIZOON CANARIENSE.
Purslane-leaved Aizoon.
CLASS XII. ORDER IV.
ICOSANDRIA PENTAGYNIA. Twenty Chives. Five Pointals.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
Calyx. Perianthium monophyllum, quinquepartitum; laciniis lanceolatis, persistentibus.
Corolla nulla.
Stamina. Filamenta plurima, capillaria, sinui calycis per phalanges in serta. Antheræ simplices.
Pistilla. Germen pentagonum, superum. Stili quinque, simplices. Stigmata simplicia.
Pericarpium. Capsula ventricosa, retusa, pentagona, quinquelocularis, quinque valvis.
Semina plura, subrotunda.