Coronopus-leaved Cantua.
CLASS V. ORDER I.
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Five Chives. One Pointal.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
Calyx 3-5-fidus. Corolla infundibuliformis. Stigma trifidum. Capsula trilocularis, trivalvis, polysperma. Semina alata.
Empalement from three-to five-cleft. Blossom funnel-shaped. Summit trifid. Capsule three-celled, three-valved, many-seeded. The seeds winged.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER, &C.
Cantua, floribus terminalibus, staminibus longitudine corollæ, foliis pinnatifidis.
Cantua, with terminal flowers, chives the length of the blossom, and feather-cleft leaves.
Cantua (coronopifolia). Willd. Sp. Pl. 1. 879.