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VIII. OCTANDRIA. 



1. MONOGYNIA. 



* Flowers complete (cal. and cor.) . 



6. ACER. Cal. 5-cleft, inferior. Pet. 5. Germen 2-lobed. Cap- 

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

 membrane, 1-celled, 1 2-seeded. 



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

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

 seeded. Seeds com ate. 



2. VACCINIUM. Cal. 4-dentate, superior. Cor. of 1 petal, cam- 

 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- 

 thers before flowering connected by two lateral pores. Caps. 

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



4. CALLUNA. Cal. double, 4-leaved, inner one coloured. Caps. 

 with the dissepiments opposite the margins of the valves, and 

 separating from them. The rest as in Erica. 



(Monotropa, DEC. MON.) 

 ** Flowers incomplete. 



5. DAPHNE. Perianth single, resembling a corolla, inferior, 4- 

 fid. Berry 1 -seeded. 



(DlGYNIA.) 



(Potygona, Ord. DIG. Chrysospleiiium and Scleranlhus, DEC. 



DIG.) 

 2. TRIGYNIA. 



7. POLYGONUM. Perianth single, 5-partite, resembling a co- 

 rolla, inferior. Fruit a 1 -seeded nut. 



3. TETRAGYNIA. 



9. 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 Anih. fixed, 

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

 4-celled, 4-seeded. 



1. MONOGYNIA. 



1. EPILOBIUM. 



* Flowers irregular. Stam. bent down. 



1. E. angustifolium (Rose-l>ay Willow-herb}, leaves scattered 

 linear-lanceolate veined glabrous, flowers irregular subspicate, 

 stum, declined. Light/, p. 197. E. B. t. 1947. 



