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Cor (Petals which are very minute)

of 5 petals, which are very minute and 83. Hippocratea. Cal. 5-leaved, very small. Pet. 5 dilated at the base, hooded at the end. Nut fleshy, bearing the stamens. Caps. 3, compressed, 2-valved, opening in the middle, 1-celled, with 2-5 compressed winged seeds. 84. Cneorum. Cal. 3-4-toothed, persistent, small. Pet. 3-4 equal. dry. dry. 85. Comocladia. Cal. 3-parted. Pet. 3, larger than the calyx. Drupe with 3 spots at the end, and a membranous 1-seeded nut. (Stamens and petals vary to 4.) 86. Xyris. Cal. 3-valved, cartilaginous, clustered in a head. 3-valved. Stigma 3-fid. 87. Callisia. Calyx 3-leaved. Petals 3.

Stigmas 3, finely divided. 88. Commelina. Cal. 3-leaved. Pet. 3. celled. Seeds fixed to the valves.

Stigma 3-fid. Drupes 3 or 4 clustered, Drupe with 3 spots at the end, and a mem-