Ord. 3.] OCTANDRIA TETRAGYNIA. 81 



Class VIII. OCTANDRIA. Stamens 8. 



Order I. MONOGYNIA. Style 1. 



* Flowers complete. 



219. ACER. Pet. 5. Cal. 5-cleft, inferior. Caps, winged. Seeds 



I or 2. — N.O. Acerine^e. 



212. EPILoBIUM. Pet. 4. Cal. 4-cleft, superior. Caps, of 4 colls. 



tfeec/s bearded. — N.O. Onagrarie^e. 

 211. (ENOTHeRA. Pet. 4. Cal. 4-cleft, superior. C«/?s. of 4 cells. 

 Seeds beardless. Anth. linear. — N.O. Onagrarie^:. 



213. CHLoRA. Cor. in 8 — 6 deepsegm. Cal. inf. of 8 — 6 leaves. 



Caps, of 1 cell. — N.O. Gentianeje. 



214. VACClNIUM. Cor. of 1 pet. Cal. 4-cleft. Berry inferior. 



— N.O. Vaccinie^e. 



215. MENZIeSIA. Cor. of 1 pet. Cal. of 1 leaf. Caps, superior ; 



partitions double, from the margin of the valves. — N. O.Ericete. 



217. ERlCA. Cor. of 1 pet. Cal. of 4 leaves. Caps, superior; 



partitions simple, from the centre of each valve — N.O.Erice^e. 



216. CALLuNA. Cor. of 1 pet. Cal. double ; each of 4 leaves. 



Caps, superior-, partitions from the column, alternate with the 

 valves. — N.O. Erice.<e. 



Monotropa. 



** Flowers without petals. 



218. DAPHNE. Cal. coloured, 4-cleft, inf. Berry with 1 seed. 



— N.O. Thymele^e. 



(DIGYNIA. Styles 2.) 



See Polygonum in the next Order ; Chrysosplenium and Sclerajithus 

 in Class 10. 



Order II. TRIGYNIA. Styles 3. 



220. POLYGONUM. Cal. in several deep segments, coloured, 



inf. Cor. 0. Seed 1, naked. — N.O. Polygone^e. 



Order III. TETRAGYNIA. Styles 4. 



222. ADoXA. Cal. half-inf. Cor. in 4 or 5 segm. Berry invested 



with the calyx. Seeds 4, bordered. — N.O. Araliace^e. 



221. PARIS. Cal. of 4 leaves. Pet. 4. Berry superior. Seeds 



numerous, globose N.O. Smilace^e. 



223. ELATINE. Cal. of 4 leaves. Pet. 4. Caps, super, of 4 cells ; 



partitions from the column. Seeds oblong. — N.O. Elatine^.. 



Sagina 2. Rhodiola. 

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