Seed-vessel. Two follicles, one-valved, splitting lengthways from the inside.
Seeds numerous, small, roundish.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Pergularia foliis cordatis, acutis, apicibus tortis; laciniis corollæ ovatis, erectis, luteis.
Pergularia with heart shaped leaves, sharp-pointed and twisted at the ends; the segments of the blossom are egg-shaped, upright, and yellow.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. The Empalement.
2. A flower cut open.
3. The parts of fructification magnified.
4. Two Scales of the honey-cup as they are attached together, magnified.