1J6 

 VIII. OCTANDRIA. 



1. MONOGYNIA. 



* Flowers complete (cal. and cor.). 

 6. Acer. CoZ. 5-cleft, inferior. Pet. 5. Germen 2-\ohed. Cap- 

 sules (Somarce) 2, united at the base, each with a long winged 

 nieml)rane, 1-celled, 1 — 2-seeded. 



1. Epilobium. Cal. 4-partite, superior, deciduous. Pet. 4. 

 Caps, elongated, obtusely 4 -sided, 4 -celled, 4-valved, many- 

 seeded. Seeds comate. 



2. Vaccinium. Cal. 4-dentate, superior. Cor. of I petal, cani- 

 panulate, 4-fid. Anthers with two pores. Berry globose, 4- 

 celled, many-seeded. 



3. Erica, Cal. of 4 leaves. Cor. of 1 petal, limb 4-fid. An- 

 tilers before flowering connected bv two lateral pores. Caps. 

 4-celled, 4-valved, dissepiments from the middle of the valves. 



4. Calj.una. Cq/. double, 4-leave(l, inner one coloured. Caps. 

 with the dissepiments opposite the margins of the valves, aiul 

 separating from them. — The rest as in Erica. 



{Monolropa, Dec. Mon.) 

 ■** Flou'em incomplete. 



5. Daphne. Per'iavih single, resembling a corolla, inferior, 4- 

 fid. Berry 1 -seeded. 



(Dl(iVNIA.) 



{Polygona, Ord. Dig. Clirysospleiiium and Scleranlhus, Dec 



Dig.) 

 2. TRIGYNIA. 



7. Polygonum. I'erianth single, 5-partite, resembling a co- 

 rolla, inferior. Fruit a 1 -seeded nut. 



3. TETRAGYNIA. 



6. Adoxa. Cal. half inferior, 3-cleft. Cor. superior, 4 -^5 -cleft. 

 Anth. terminal, 1-celled. Berry 4 — 5-celled. 



8. Paris. Cal. of 4 leaves. Pet. 4. Cells of the Antli. fixed, 

 one on each side the middle of a subulate Jilament. Berry 

 4-celled, 4-seeded. 



1. MONOGYNIA. 



1. EPILOBlUiM. 



* Flowers irregular. Stam. betft down. 

 1. E. angustifolium {Rose-bay Willoiv-herb), leaves scattered 

 linear-lanceolate veined glabrous, flowers irregular subspicate, 

 btam. declined. Light/, p. \d1x E.B.t.\947. 



