In the three types to be considered in this place, then the conspicuous portion of the perianth is almost always campanualte or more generally widely patent and sometimes reflexed. The anothers are regularly elongate in form, linear or subulate, and basifixed on filaments of greater or lesser length. The pistil is usually simple, with filiform style and punctiform stigma, but to this there are rare exceptions. The Dilleniaceous type is distinguished by its numerous, generally free, stamens with long or short filaments, and sometimes several pistils free almost to the base.