SYNOPSIS OF THE GENERA. 



alternating with the stamens. Stigmas five-cleft. Capsule 

 two valved. Seeds numerous. Leaves simple. 



f ft Capsule of two or Jive cells. 



18. ERYTHJE'A, [Page 257.] Calyx five-cleft. Corolla funnel- 



shaped, its limb short. Anthers after bursting, spirally 

 twisted. Style erect. Stigmas two. Capsule linear, of 

 two cells, with the margin of the valves turned inwards. 



19. POIEMO'NIUM, [Page 260.] Calyx five-cleft. Corolla wheel- 



shaped, with a short tube, the limb of five lobes. Stamens 

 dilated and hairy at the base, closing the mouth of the 

 tube. Stigmas three-cleft. Anthers incumbent. Cap- 

 sule of three cells, and three valves. Seeds numerous. 



20. CONVOLVULUS, [Page 261.] Calyx five-cleft. CoroWa bell- 



shaped, folded in five plaits. Stigmas two. Capsule from 

 one to four cells, with as many valves. Seeds one or two 

 in each cell. 



21. AZA'LEA, [Page 264.] Calyx five-cleft. Corolla bell- 



shaped, regular. Stamens straight, inserted at the base 

 of the corolla. Anthers bursting longitudinally. Capsule 

 two or three valved, two or three celled, dissepiments 

 formed by the indexed margins of the bifid valves. Seeds 

 attached to a central at length free receptacle. 



22. VERBAS'CUM, [Page 264.] Calyx five parted. Corolla 



wheel-shaped, of five unequal segments. Filaments de- 

 clining, mostly hairy. Capsule ovate, or globose, with 

 two cells and two valves. 



23. DA'TURA, [Page 273.] Calyx tubular, with five angles and 



five teeth, falling away, and leaving a broad persistent 

 orbicular base. Corolla funnel-shaped, with a long tube, 

 the limb plaited with five angles and five lobes. Stigma 

 of two plates. Capsules spinous, or smooth, four celled, 

 frequently with imperfect dissepiments, four valves, and 

 many seeded. 



24. HYOSCY'AMUS, [Page 275.) Calyx tubular, five-cleft, per- 



sistent. Corolla funnel-shaped, the limb oblique, some- 

 what unequal, five lobed. Capsule ovate, furrowed on 

 each side, swelled at the base, contracted above, opening 

 with a transverse aperture. Seeds numerous. 

 ' |m Fruit a Berry. 



25. ATRO'PA, [Page 278-] Calyx bell-shaped, five-cleft. Corolla 



