CHAP. LXIX. ERICA CER. 1077 
dages at the base: their cells end in a point, and open lengthwise. Stigma 
capitate. “ Capsule concealed by the inflexed, permanent calyx, orbicular, 
a little depressed, with 4 furrows, 4 simple valves, and 4 cells ; the partitions 
simple, flat, alternate, and unconnected with the valves, fixed vertically to a 
large, ovate, pitted, permanent, central column.” (Smith, Eng. Flora, ii. 
p- 224.) Leaves arrow-shaped at the base, obtuse at the tip; in transverse 
section triangular, imbricate in 4 rows. 
§ ii, ANDRoME'DE. Corolla deciduous. Stamens, in most, not protruded 
beyond the Corolla, 
A. The following 7 Genera have all been instituted out of the Genus Andromeda ; 
and all have 10 Stamens, 1 Pistil, and Fruit that has a loculicidal Dehiscence. 
AnpRo™MEDA L, Calyx with 5 acute segments. Corolla globose, with a con- 
tracted, 5-toothed mouth. Filaments bearded. Anthers with short, 
l-awned cells. Stigma truncate. Leaves linear-lanceolate. Flowers in 
terminal, umbel-like groups. 
Cassr‘opz D. Don. Calyx with 5 leafy segments, imbricate at the base. Co- 
rolla bell-shaped, 5-cleft. Filaments glabrous. Anthers with short. tumid, 
l-awned cells. Style dilated at the base. Stigma obtuse. Capsule with 
its valves bifid at the tip. Small heath-like shrubs. Leaves imbricate. 
Flowers solitary. 
Cassa’npré D. Don, Calyx with 2 bracteas at its base ; its segments 5, leafy, 
imbricate at the base. Corolla oblong, with a contracted 5-toothed mouth. 
Filaments glabrous. Anthers with cells elongated at the tip, and tubular 
there. Stigma annulated. Leaves with short petioles, and elliptic oblong 
disks, that have peltate scales on both surfaces. Flowers axillary, disposed 
as if in racemes along the terminal parts of the branches. 
ZENo‘B/4 D. Don. Calyx 5-toothed. Corolla bell-shaped, with a revolute 
5-lobed limb. Filaments glabrous. Anthers with cells elongate, tubular, 
and 2-awned at the tip. Stigma truncate. Leaves dilated, with the margins 
usually toothed. Flowers in racemes. 
Lyo‘n14 Nutt. Calyx 5-parted. Corolla ovate or tubular, with a contracted, 
5-toothed mouth. Filaments short, flat, downy. Anthers with membra- 
nous cells that open lengthwise. Style 5-cornered. Stigma obtuse. Capsule 
5-cornered. Flowers for the most part terminal, disposed in racemose panicles. 
Levuco’tHézE D. Don. Calyx with 5 leafy segments, imbricate at the base. 
Corolla tubular, toothed. Filaments flat, downy. Anthers with short trun- 
cate cells. Stigma large, capitate. Flowers white: in racemes. 
Pr‘eris D. Don, Calyx 5-parted. Corolla tubular or ovate, with a con- 
tracted, 5-toothed, revolute mouth. Filaments dilated, furnished with 2 
bristles at the tip. Anthers with short incumbent cells that open length- 
wise. Style 5-cornered. Stigma truncate. Leaves coriaceous. Flowers 
drooping, terminal, racemose. 
B. Capsule with the Dehiscence septicidal. 
Puy.io’poce Sal. Calyx with 5 segments. Corolla globose, with a contracted, 
5-toothed mouth. Stamens 10, not protruded out of the corolla. Filaments 
slender, glabrous. Anthers with short, truncate cells. Stigma peltate with 
5 tubercles, 
Dase‘cr4 D. Don. Calyx with 4 segments. Corolla oval, inflated; its mouth 
4-toothed. Stamens 8, enclosed. Filaments dilated, glabrous. Anthers 
linear, sagittate at the base, their cells parallel, loosened at the apex, open- 
ing lengthwise. Stigma truncate. Capsule 4-celled. 
C. Calyx and Corolla each with 5 Segments. Stamens 10, not protruded 
beyond the Corolla. 
A’rsutus Camer. Corolla globose or ovate, with a small reflexed border. 
Anthers compressed at the sides, opening at the tip by 2 pores, fixed by the 
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