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CLUYTIA ericoides. 
Heath-leaved Cluytia. 
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DIECIA GYNANDIA, 
Nat. ord. EUPHORBIA. Jussieu gen. 384, Div. Styli plures detiniti, 
sepids tres. 
CLUYTIA. Dioiea. Cal. 10-partitus, laciniis 5 interioribus petaloideis. 
Squamule 5 interiores in imo calyce. Masc. Squamule 3-partite basi 
intüs glandulose. Stamina 5 divaricata, filamentis medio connatis in stipi- 
tem germinis abortivi. Fam. Squamule 2-lobe non glandulose. Germ. 1; 
styli 3; stigmata 6. Capsula 3-locularis, 3-sperma. Frutices; folia al 
terna stipulacea ; flore axillares. Jussieu gen, 387. 
C. ericoides, foliis subsessilibus lineari-lanceolatis acutis crassiusculis, flori- 
bus axillaribus geminis. Willd. sp. pl. 4. 880. 
Cluytia ericoides. Thunb. prod. 53. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. 5. 423. 
“ The genus was named by Boerhaave, in memory of 
Angerius Clutius, or, in his native language, Antgers 
Cluyt, professor of Botany at Leyden. The name has usu- 
ally been spelt CLuria ; but Professor Martyn has judiciously 
altered it to CLuyria, to make it more distinct, in pronun- 
ciation, from Crusia." 
“ Generic Character. Maze. Calyx five-cleft or five- 
leaved ; leaves concave, spreading. Petals five, spreading 
very much, about the length of the calyx, and alternating 
with its divisions; claws flat; scales (called by Linnzeus 
exterior nectaries) five, small, trifid, spreading, opposite 
to the divisions of the calyx, placed in a circle within the 
petals, and about the length of the claws; glands (called 
by Linnzus interior nectaries) five, small, mellifluous at 
the tip, placed between the scales, opposite to tbe petals. 
Stamina 5, situated on the upper part of the style, remote 
from the corolla, spreading horizontally ; filaments short ; 
anthers roundish, versatile. Germen none; style cylindri- 
cal, truncated very long, bearing the stamens. FEMALE. 
Calyx and Corolla as in the male, permanent; scales or ex- 
terior nectaries five, didymous, of the same size and situa- 
tion as in the male; interior nectaries none. Germen 
roundish; styles three, bifid, reflexed, the length of the 
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