gynandrous

Stamens only one or two; flower irregular, gynandrous.

Herbs, clearly distinguished by their perfect irregular flowers, with 6-merous perianth adnate to the 1-celled ovary, with innumerable ovules on 3 parietal placentæ, and with either one or two gynandrous stamens, the pollen cohering in masses.

Gynandrous, with stamens borne on, i. e. united with, the pistil, 99.

Adhesion of stamens to pistils.—The stamens also may be united to the pistils, as in gynandrous plants.