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ERICACEAE. 



26 ZENOBIA. Calyx 5-toothed. Corolla campanulate, with 

 a revolute 5-lobed limb. Stamens 10, with very short glabrous 

 filaments ; cells of anthers elongated, tubular, biaristate at the 

 apex. Stigma truncate. Capsule with a loculicidal dehiscence ; 

 placenta 5-lobed. 



27 LYONIA. Calyx 5 -parted. Corolla ovate or tubular, with 

 a contracted 5-toothed mouth. Stamens inclosed, with short, 

 flattened, downy filaments ; cells of anthers membranous, de- 

 hiscing lengthwise, mutic. Style pentagonal ; stigma obtuse. 

 Capsule pentagonal, with a loculicidal dehiscence. 



28 LEUCOTHOE. Calyx 5-leaved ; segments imbricated at the 

 base. Corolla tubular, toothed. Stamens inclosed, with flat- 

 tened downy filaments ; cells of anthers short, truncate, mutic. 

 Stigma large, capitate. Capsule with a loculicidal dehis- 

 cence. 



29 PIE'RIS. Calyx 5-parted. Corolla tubular or ovate, with 

 a contracted, 5-toothed, revolute mouth. Stamens 10, inclosed, 

 with dilated filaments, which are bisetose at the apex ; cells of 

 anthers short, incumbent, dehiscing lengthwise. Style pen- 

 tagonal ; stigma truncate. Capsule with a loculicidal dehis- 

 cence. 



30 PHYLLODOCE. Calyx 5-parted. Corolla globose, with a 

 contracted 5-toothed mouth. Stamens 10, inclosed, with slen- 

 der glabrous filaments ; cells of anthers short, truncate, mutic. 

 Stigma peltate, with 5 tubercles. Capsule with a septicidal 

 dehiscence. 



31 BRYA'NTHUS. Calyx 5-leaved, imbricated. Corolla deeply 

 5-parted, spreading. Stamens 10, shorter than the corolla, 

 with flattened glabrous filaments ; cells of anthers short, mutic, 

 or awned behind, dehiscing by a terminal foramen. Stigma 

 obtuse. Capsule with a septicidal dehiscence. 



32 DABOJCIA. Calyx 4-parted. Corolla oval, ventricose, 

 with a 4-toothed mouth. Stamens 8, inclosed, with dilated 

 glabrous filaments, and linear anthers, which are sagittate at the 

 base ; cells of anthers parallel, loosened at the apex, dehiscing 

 lengthwise. Stigma truncate. Capsule 4-celled, with a septi- 

 cidal dehiscence. 



33 ENKIA'NTHUS. Calyx small, 5-parted. Corolla cam- 

 panulate, with a 5-parted limb, and 5 nectarial pits at the base. 

 Stamens inclosed ; anthers 2-horned. Berry 5-celled, many- 

 seeded. 



34 A'RBUTUS. Calyx small, 5-parted. Corolla globose or 

 ovate, with a small, contracted, 5-cleft, reflexed border. Sta- 

 mens 1 0, inclosed, with flattened filaments ; anthers compressed 

 at the sides, dehiscing at the apex by 2 pores, fixed by the back 

 beneath the apex, and there furnished with 2 reflexed awns. 

 Stigma obtuse. Berry globose, granular. 



35 ARCTOSTA'PHYLOS. All as in A'rbutus, except that the 

 fruit is 5-celled, and the cells 1 -seeded, and not granular on the 

 outside. 



36 PERNE'TTYA. Calyx 5-parted. Corolla globose, with a 

 contracted 5-parted revolute limb. Stamens 10, inclosed, having 

 the filaments thickened at the base ; anthers 2-celled, 2-lobed 

 at the apex ; lobes bifid. Hypogynous scales 10, 3-lobed, sur- 



rounding the ovarium. Stigma convex. Berries globose, 5- 

 celled, many-seeded. 



37 AGARISTA. Calyx 5-lobed. Corolla ovate, with a con- 

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

 villous filaments, and bipartite anthers ; cells of anthers short, 

 mutic at the base, diverging at the apex, and dehiscing by a ter- 

 minal pore. Capsule globose, 5-celled, with a loculicidal dehis- 

 cence ; placenta thick, oblong. 



38 DYPLECOSIA. Calyx girded by a calyculus, which is com- 

 posed of 2 combined bracteas, 5-cleft. Corolla campanulate, 

 with a 5-cleft reflexed limb. Stamens 10, inclosed, inserted in 

 the disk of the calyx. Anthers bifid at the apex. Stigma 

 truncate. Capsule nearly globose, depressed, inclosed in the 

 baccate calyx, 5-celled, many-seeded. 



39 GAULTHE'RIA. Calyx 5-cleft or 5-toothed, bibracteate at 

 the base. Corolla ovate, ventricose, with a 5-cleft revolute 

 border, diaphanous at the base. Stamens 10, inclosed, with 

 flat filaments; anthers bifid at the apex; lobes biaristate. 

 Hypogynous scales 10, usually united at the base. Ovarium 

 half inferior. Capsule 5-celled, with a loculicidal dehiscence. 



40 EPIGJE'A. Calyx large, 5-parted, furnished with 3 brac- 

 teas at the base. Corolla salver-shaped, with a 5-parted spread- 

 ing border, and with the tube villous inside. Stamens 1 0. Cap- 

 sule 5-celled ; placenta 5-parted. 



41 PHALLEROCA'RPUS. Calyx 4-cleft, bibracteate at the 

 base. Corolla campanulate, 4-cleft. Stamens 8, hairy. ? Hy- 

 pogynous disk 8-lobed. Anthers semibifid. 



42 CLE'THRA. Calyx 5-parted. Corolla so deeply 5-parted 

 as to appear 5-petalled. Stamens 10, with membranous fila- 

 ments ; anthers at length inflexedly pendulous, obverse, and 

 cordate at the base, and mucronate at the apex, but mutic. 

 Stigma trifid. Capsule 3-celled, many-seeded, with a loculi- 

 cidal dehiscence. 



TRIBE II. 



RHODORE;E. Anthers Z-celled. Ovarium free. Hypogynous 

 disk nectariferous. Buds strobile-formed, scaly. Leaves fiat, 

 callous at the extremity of the mid-rib. 



43 RHODODE'NDRON. Calyx 5-parted. Corolla somewhat 

 funnel-shaped, 5-cleft. Stamens 5-10, declinate; anthers open- 

 ing by 2 terminal pores. Capsule 5-celled, 5-valved, dehiscing 

 at the summit. 



44 VIRE'YA. Calyx obsoletely 5-toothed. Corolla sub- 

 campanulate, or funnel-shaped, regularly 5-lobed, adnate to the 

 disk of the calyx. Stamens 10, inserted in the calycine disk; 

 anthers dehiscing by terminal pores, mutic. Stigma capitate, 5- 

 furrowed. Capsule silique-formed, 5-angled, 5-celled, 5-valved. 

 Placenta 5-lobed. Seeds numerous, expanded at both ends 

 into a bristle-formed awn. 



45 BEJA'RIA. Calyx 7-cleft. Corolla 7-petalled. Stamens 

 14, hypogynous. Anthers obverse and pendulous, mutic. 

 Stigma capitate. Capsule depressedly globose, 7-celled, 7- 

 valved, with a septicidal dehiscence. 



46 HYMENA'NTHES. Calyx small, obsoletely denticulated. 



