354 CLASS X. ORDER III. 



Southern. 



DIONJE'A. Calyx 5-parted or 5-leaved ; petals 5 ; stigma fringed ; capsule 

 roundish, gibbous, 1 -celled, many-seeded. Petals sometimes 6. 20. 68 

 (Venus' fly-trap). 



C. Flowers monopetaloug. 



ARBU'TUS. Calyx inferior, 5-parted, minute ; corolla ovate, pellucid at the 

 base; border small, 5-cleft, revolute ; filaments hairy; berry 5-celled. 18. 51 

 (bear berry). 



EpiGyE'A. Calyx double, outer 3-leaved, inner 5-parted ; (or calyx 5-parted, 

 with 3 bracts) ; corolla salver-form ; border 5-parted, spreading ; tube villose 

 within ; capsule 5-celled, many -seeded ; receptacle 5-parted. 18. 51 

 (trailing arbutus). N. 



GAULTHE'RIA. Calyx inferior, double ; outer 2-leaved, inner 5-cleft : (or 

 calyx 5-cleft, with 2 bracts) ; corolla ovate ; border small, 5-cleft, revolute ; 

 filaments hairy : receptacle 10-toothed ; (or with a 10-pointed nectary) ; cap- 

 sule 5-celled, invested with the inner berry -like calyx. 18. 51 (spicy win;i-r- 

 green). <S. 



VACCI'NIUM. Calyx superior, 5-toothed or 5-parted ; corolla bell or pitcher- 

 form, 5-cleft, the divisions reflected ; filaments inserted on the germ with the 

 corolla ; berry 4 or 5-celled, many-seeded. (The foreign species are sometimes 

 octandrous). 18. 51 (whortleberry). 5. 



ANDROM"EDA. LYONIA. Calyx 5-parted or 5-toothed, inferior; corolla 

 ovate, roundish, or sub-cylindiic, with a 5-cleft reflexed mouth ; capsule 5- 

 celled, 5-valved, with partitions contrary. (Stamens sometimes 8). 18. 51 

 (white bush, leather-leaf). S. 



KAL/'MIA. Calyx 5-parted; corolla wheel-sal ver-form, with 10 horns be- 

 neath and 10 cavities within, containing the anthers until the pollen is mature; 

 capsule 5-celled, many-seeded. 18 51V (laurel). N. 



RHODODEN"DRON. Calyx 5-parted ; corolla 5-cleft, somewhat funnel-form 

 and oblique; stamens declining; varying from 5 to 10; anthers opening by 2 

 terminal pores ; capsules 5-celled, 5-valved, opening at the top. 18. 50 (rose- 

 bay). S. 

 D. Flowerg without a calyx : (or with a coloured petal like one), whole plant 



destitute of green herbage. 



1 MONOT"ROPA. Corolla confusedly polypetalous, permanent ; petals about 

 5, with nectariferous hollows at their bases ; anthers reniform, subpeltate, 

 1-celled, giving out pollen by 2 holes near the middle ; stigma orbicular, not 

 bearded : capsule 5-celled, 5-valved. 18. 51 (bird's nest). 5. 



PTEROS"PORA. Corolla 5-parted ; nectary ovate, with a 5-toothed reflexed 

 margin, enclosing the stamens ; anthers 2-celled, 2-bristled, subpeltate; fila- 

 ments flat; style short ; stigma capitate; capsule sub-globose, 5-celled. The 

 nectary is considered as a corolla, and the corolla as a calyx, by some. But 

 these three genera should be united in one, by altering two or three words in 

 the definition. 18. 51 (albany beach-drops). 



ORDER II. DIGYNIA. 



HYDRAN"GEA. Calyx 5-toothed, superior: corolla 5-petalled ; capsule 2- 

 celled, 2-beaked, dehiscent between tho beaks. 13. 84 (hydrangea). Vid. 

 Hortensia. S. 



SAXIFRA'GA. Calyx 5-parted, mostly half superior ; corolla 5-petalled ; 

 capsule 2-celled, 2-beaked, opening between the beaks ; many-seeded. 13. 

 84 (saxifrage). 5. 



MITEL"LA. Calyx 5-cleft, permanent ; petals 5-pinnatifid, inserted into the 

 calyx ; capsule 4-ceIled, 2-valved ; valves equal. 13. 84. 



SAPONA'RIA. Calyx inferior, 1-leafed, tubular, 5-toothed, without scales ; 

 petals 5, with claws ; capsule oblong, 1-celled. 22. 82 (soap-wort). <S. 



DIAN"THUS. Calyx inferior, cylindrical, 1-leafed, with 4 or 8 scales at the 

 base ; petals 5, with claws ; capsule cylindrical, 1-celled, dehiscent at the top. 

 22. 82 -(pink, sweet-william). 



ORDER III. TRIGYNIA. 



SILE'NE. Calyx 1-leaved, tubular or conic, 5-toothed ; petals 5, with claws, 

 generally crowned at the orifice ; capsule 3-celled, 6-toothed, many-seeded. 

 22. 82. 



