396 EPACRIDE^. [part n. 



by their anthers, which have a little hole or 

 pore at the apex of each cell ; each cell being 

 also generally furnished with a kind of spur at 

 its base. The stamens in all these genera grow 

 from beneath the ovary, and the filaments are 

 thick and fleshy. The fruit is a dry capsule, or 

 follicle. 



ORDER CXVI PENEACE^. 



Beautiful shrubs, natives of the Cape of 

 Good Hope, with the habit of Pimelea, and 

 corymbs of pale pink flowers. The calyx is in 

 two sepals, the stigma four lobed, and the 

 fruit four-valved, with two seeds in each cell. 



§ III. — CoROLLIFLOItS:. 



The plants comprised in this division are 

 called monopetalous, as they have their petals 

 joined together, so as to form a cup for the sta- 

 mens and pistils quite distinct from the calyx ; 

 and the stamens are attached to the corolla. 



ORDER CXVII.— EPACRIDE^. 



This order stands on debateable ground, 

 being by many botanists included in the last 

 division ; but it seems properly placed in this, 



