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edge, permanent.
Bloss. none.
Pist. Germen roundish, toothed at the top. Style none. Summits 3, notched at the end, expanding.
S. Vess. Capsule globular - egg-shaped, with 3 cells, 6 valves, and crowning it with 6 teeth.
Seeds solitary, 1 in each cell.
In the summer months both sexes have leaves on the young plants, which are nearly sessile, egg shaped, with distinct teeth, rolled back at the edges, alternate; upper ones spear shaped. Stipule with bristle like teeth. Summits notched at the ends, of a dark crimson color.
I have frequently found male plant plants whose flowers had 10 stamens, & in 1 flower I found 11. Male flowers 3 together. Female flower solitary, in the axilla of the leaves When there are 10 stamens, the calyx has 5 clefts, Summits reddish-purple. Each valve of the capsule terminates in a tooth, which crowns in a radiated manner.
Jan. 1803