PLATE CCVIII.
LASIOPETALUM FERRUGINEUM.
Rusty Woolly-blossom.
CLASS V. ORDER I.
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Five Chives. One Pointal.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
Calyx. Perianthium triphyllum, foliolis subulatis, tomentosis, persistentibus, ferruginosis.
Corolla monopetala, rotata, lanuginosa, quinquefida; laciniis ovatis, apicibus acutis, incurvatis.
Stamina. Filamenta quinque, brevia, erecta, germinis basi affixa. Antheræ erectæ, dorso bilobæ, apice poris duobus.
Pistillum. Germen ovatum, superum. Stylus minutus, filiformis, erectus. Stigma obsoletum.
Pericarpium. Capsula subrotunda, supera, trisulcata, trilocularis, trivalvis, dissepimentis e medio valvularum.
Semina numerosa, subrotunda.