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urceolate, with a contracted 4-toothed mouth. Stamens inclosed, 

 with dilated flat filaments and bipartite anthers ; cells of anthers 

 opening by an oblong foramen, biappendiculate at the base ; 

 appendages flat, crested, crenated. Stigma capitate. Leaves 

 subulate. Flowers subsolitary, pendulous. 



10 LOPHA'NDRA. Calyx 4-parted, furnished with 4 bracteas 

 at the base : segments scarious, rounded, ventricose outside. 

 Corolla campanulate, 4-lobed. Stamens inclosed, with dilated 

 flat filaments and bifid anthers ; cells of anthers beaked at the 

 apex, winged, crested, and crenulated at the sides, dehiscing by 

 an oblong hole in the middle. Stigma truncate. Leaves short, 

 obtuse, glaucous. Flowers terminal. 



1 1 LAMPROTIS. Calyx 4-parted, large, glumaceous, coloured, 

 bibracteate at the base. Corolla urceolate, with a small 4-lobed 

 limb. Stamens inclosed, with capillary filaments ; cells of an- 

 thers short, dehiscing lengthwise, mutic, or crested at the 

 base. Stigma capitate. Leaves adpressed, opposite, or 3 in a 

 whorl. Flowers terminal. 



12 CALLISTA. Calyx 4-parted, foliaceous. Corolla salver- 

 shaped, with a cylindrical or ventricose tube, and a dilated, 

 spreading, 4-cleft limb. Stamens inclosed, with capillary fila- 

 ments ; cells of anthers short, dehiscing lengthwise, mutic at the 

 base. Stigma capitate. Leaves acerose. Flowers terminal. 



13 EURYLOMA. Calyx 4-parted, foliaceous. Corolla salver- 

 shaped, with an elongated, filiform or ventricose tube, and a 4- 

 parted dilated limb. Stamens inclosed, with dilated, membran- 

 ous, channelled filaments, and bipartite anthers; cells of anthers 

 membranous, dehiscing lengthwise, drawn out at the base into a 

 short tumid spur. Stigma with an elevated 4-lobed disk. 

 Leaves adpressed, denticulated. Flowers terminal. 



14 CHONA. Calyx 4-parted, foliaceous. Corolla funnel- 

 shaped, with a revolute 4-lobed limb. Stamens exserted, with 

 capillary filaments, and truncate anthers ; cells of anthers elon- 

 gated, parallel, awned at the base. Stigma simple, obtuse. 

 Leaves 3 in a whorl, linear, awned. Flowers terminal. 



15 SYRINGODEA. Calyx 4-leaved, glumaceous. Corolla long- 

 tubular, with a short 4-lobed limb. Stamens usually inclosed, 

 with capillary filaments, and bipartite anthers j cells of anthers 

 short, obtuse, mutic or awned at the base, dehiscing by an ob- 

 long foramen. Stigma simple or capitate, in some annulated by 

 an elevated disk. Leaves loose, acerose. ^Flowers crowded at 

 the tops of the branches. 



16 DASYA'NTHES. Calyx 4-parted, bibracteate at the base. 

 Corolla tubular, hispid, with a 4-lobed erect limb. Stamens 

 inclosed, with capillary filaments, and bipartite anthers ; cells of 

 anthers mutic at the base, dehiscing lengthwise. Stigma large, 

 peltate. Leaves loosely imbricated, hispid. Flowers in terminal 

 fascicles. 



1 7 ECTA'SIS. Calyx 4-leaved, glumaceous. Corolla tubular, 

 a little ventricose at the base, with a 4-toothed limb. Stamens 

 much exserted, with dilated filaments and bipartite anthers : 

 cells of anthers elongated, tubular, dehiscing by a longitudinal 

 fissure, having the base continuous in the filament, and mutic. 



Stigma clavate, truncate. Leaves loosely imbricated. Flowers 

 terminal or lateral. 



18 ERIODE'SMIA. Calyx large, 4-parted, bibracteate at the 

 base. Corolla campanulate, with a 4-lobed revolute limb. Sta- 

 mens exserted, with dilated filaments, and bifid obtuse scabrous 

 anthers ; cells of anthers dehiscing by an oblong pore, continuous 

 in the filament at the base. Leaves 3 in a whorl, obtuse, hairy. 

 Flowers terminal. 



19 OCTOPE'RA. Calyx 4-parted, reflexed, naked at the base. 

 Corolla globose, with a contracted bluntly 4-lobed mouth. Sta- 

 mens inclosed, with flattened filaments ; cells of anthers very 

 short, dehiscing by an ample hole, and furnished at the base by 

 a solitary lanceolate acuminated appendage. A downy procum- 

 bent shrub. Leaves verticillate. Flowers terminal, subumbel- 

 late. Pedicels scaly. 



20 ERE'MIA. Calyx 4-parted, with imbricated bracteas at the 

 base ; segments orbicular, coriaceous, ciliated. Corolla urceo- 

 late, with a small 4-lobed limb. Stamens inclosed, with capil- 

 lary filaments, and bipartite anthers ; cells short, mutic at the 

 base, dehiscing by an oblong hole. Stigma capitate. Cells of 

 capsule 1 -seeded. Leaves spreading, bristly. Flowers glome- 

 rate. 



21 SALA'XIS. Calyx 4-leaved, irregular. Corolla campanu- 

 late, 4-cleft. Stigma peltate. Capsule drupaceous, 3-celled, 

 3-seeded. Leaves 3-6 in a whorl. Flowers subracemose at the 

 tops of the branches. 



22 CALLU'NA. Calyx 4-parted, membranous, coloured, fur- 

 nished with 4 bracteas at the base. Corolla shorter than the 

 calyx, campanulate, 4-lobed. Stamens inclosed, with dilated 

 filaments, and bipartite anthers, which are biappendiculate at the 

 base ; cells mucronulate, dehiscing lengthwise. Stigma capitate. 

 Leaves short, imbricated, in 4 rows. Flowers terminal, spi- 

 cately racemose. 



SUBTRIBE II. ANDROME'DE/E. Corolla deciduous. 



23 ANDROMEDA. Calyx 5-cleft; segments acute, simple at 

 the base. Corolla globose, with a contracted 5-toothed mouth. 

 Stamens 10, inclosed, with bearded filaments; cells of anthers 

 short, one-awned. Stigma truncate. Capsule with a loculicidal 

 dehiscence ; placenta S-lobed. 



24 CASSIOPE. Calyx 5-leaved ; segments imbricate at the 

 base. Corolla campanulate, 5-cleft. Stamens 10, inclosed, 

 with glabrous filaments ; cells of anthers short, tumid, one- 

 awned. Style dilated at the base ; stigma obtuse. Capsule 

 with a loculicidal dehiscence ; valves bifid at the apex ; placenta 

 5-lobed. 



25 CASSA'NDRA. Calyx 5-leaved, bibracteate at the base ; 

 segments imbricate at the base. Corolla oblong, with a con- 

 tracted 5-toothed mouth. Stamens 10, inclosed, with glabrous 

 filaments; cells of anthers elongated at the apex, tubular, mutic. 

 Stigma annulated. Capsule with a loculicidal dehiscence ; pla- 

 centa 5-lobed. 



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