xlii OCTANDRIA. 



CLASS YIL HEPTANDRIA. 7 Stamens. 

 ORDER I. MONOGYNIA. 1 Pistil. 



1. TRIENTALIS. A northern herbaceous plant, with 

 oblong, smooth leaves, and several terminal white flowers 

 on slender stalks. PRIMROSE TRIBE. P. 510. 



CLASS VIII. OCTANDRIA. 8 Stamens. 

 ORDER I. MONOGYNIA. 1 Pistil 



* Perianth double, inferior. 



1. ACER. Capsules 2, each furnished with a long 

 wing. Trees with lobed leaves and green flowers, which 

 expand at the same time with the leaves. MAPLE TRIBE. 

 P. 121. 



2. CHLORA. Calyx 8-cleft ; corolla 8-lobed. An 

 erect herbaceous plant, remarkable for the glaucous hue 

 of its leaves, and for its yellow flowers, which expand 

 only in fine weather. GENTIAN TRIBE. P. 412. 



3. MONOTROPA. Flowers in a cluster, the terminal 

 one with 5 sepals, the lateral ones with 4. A parasitic 

 plant, consisting of a juicy stalk without leaves, and a 

 drooping cluster of brownish flowers. BIRD'S-NE&T 

 TRIBE.. P. 402. 



r Calyx of 4 sepals or 4-cleft ; 



4. ERICA. | corolla of 1 petal, 4-cleft. Shrubs 



5. CALLUNA. j with evergreen, of ten rigid, opposite, 



6. MENZIE'SIA. 1 or whorled leaves, and beautiful 



I flowers. HEATH TRIBE. P. 392. 



* * Perianth double, superior. 



7. YACCINIUM. Corolla of 1 petal, 4-cleft. Small 

 shrubs with simple alternate leaves, and bell- or wheel- 

 shaped flowers. CRANBERRY TRIBE. P. 389. 



r Petals 4. Herbaceous plants 



8. (ENOTH^RA. J with purple or yellow flowers and 



9. EPILOBIUM. "j 4-valved capsules. WILLOW-HERB 



^ TRIBE. P. 208. 



