ERICACEAE. 



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Corolla subcampanulate, with a short compressed tube, and a 

 7-parted limb. Stamens 14, hypogynous ; anthers mutic, open- 

 ing by two terminal pores. Stigma obtuse, with 7 crenatures. 

 Capsule oblong, 7-valved, 7- celled, many-seeded. 



47 KA'LMIA. Calyx 5-parted. Corolla salver-shaped ; bor- 

 der producing 10 protuberances on the under side, and a cor- 

 responding number of cavities on the upper side, in which the 

 anthers are concealed. Capsule 5-celled ; dissepiments mar- 

 ginal. 



48 MENZIE'SIA. Calyx 4-cleft. Corolla globose, 4-cleft. 

 Stamens 8, hypogynous. Capsule 4-celled, 4-valved, having 

 the dissepiments formed from the inflexed margins of the 

 valves. 



49 AZA'LEA. Calyx 5-parted. Corolla short, campanulate, 

 5 -cleft. Stamens 5, equal, inclosed; cells of anthers bursting 

 longitudinally. Style inclosed. Capsule 5-celled, 5-valved, 

 dehiscing at top. 



50 LEIOPHY'LIUM. Calyx deeply 5-parted, permanent. Co- 

 rolla 5-petalled. Stamens 10, exserted ; anthers lateral, de- 

 hiscing lengthwise inside. Capsule roundish, 5-celled, 5-valved, 

 dehiscing at the apex. 



51 LE'DUM. Calyx minute, 4-toothed. Corolla 5-petalled, 

 spreading. Stamens 5-10, exserted ; anthers opening by 2 

 pores at the apex. Capsule subovate, 5-celled, 5-valved, 

 pedicellate, dehiscing at the base. Seeds ending in a wing at 

 both ends. 



TRIBE III. 



VACCINIE'^;. Anthers Z-celled. Ovarium adhering. Disk 

 perigynous, nectariferous. Fruit baccate. Buds naked. ? 

 scaly. ? 



52 VACCINIUM. Limb of calyx 4-5-toothed. Corolla urceo- 

 late or campanulate, 4-5-cleft. Stamens 8-10, hypogynous. 

 Berry globose, 4-5-celled, many-seeded. 



53 OXYCOCCUS. Calyx 4-cleft. Corolla 4-parted, with the 

 segments somewhat linear and revolute. Stamens 8 ; filaments 

 conniving ; anthers tubular, bipartite. Berry 4-celled, many- 

 seeded. 



54 GAYLUSSA'CIA. Limb of calyx 5-cleft. Corolla tubular, 

 with a ventricose base and a 5-cleft limb. Stamens 10, in- 

 serted in the limb of the calyx ; anthers mutic, drawn out into 

 2 little tubes from the top. Stigma capitate. Berry nearly 

 globose, 10-celled ; cells 1-seeded. 



55 THIBAU'DIA. Calyx urceolar, 5-lobed. Corolla tubular, 

 with a contracted 5-toothed mouth. Stamens 10, inserted in 

 the calyx, inclosed ; anthers elongated, mutic, drawn out into 

 2 little tubes at the apex. Berry 5-celled, many-seeded. 



56 AOAPE'TES. Limb of calyx 5-cleft. Corolla tubular, 

 with a 5-cleft limb. Stamens 10, with very short flattened fila- 

 ments ; anthers mutic, very long, auricled at the base, exserted, 

 narrow, emarginate at the apex, with the cells confluent. 

 Stigma clavate. Berry 5-celled, many-seeded. 



57 CERATOSTE'MMA. Limb of calyx large, 5-parted, folia- 

 ceous. Corolla tubular, contracted and 5-lobed at the apex. 



Stamens 12, with very short, flattened, hairy filaments ; anthers 

 bluntly spurred at the base, having the cells elongated at the 

 apex and filiform, dehiscing by a terminal pore. Stigma simple. 

 Berry 5-celled, many-seeded. 



TRIBE IV. 



PYROLLE. Anthers Z-celled. Ovarium free. Disk hypogy- 

 nous, naked. Seeds peltate, samaroid. Embryo dicotyledonous. 

 Perennial herbaceous plants. 



58 PYROLA. Calyx 5-cleft or 5-parted. Petals 5. Stamens 

 10, slightly united at the base. Style exserted. Stigma 5- 

 lobed. Capsule 5-celled, dehiscing at the angles near the base, 

 having the margins of the valves connected by intricate to- 

 mentum. 



59 CHIMA'PHILA. Calyx 5-toothed. Petals 5. Stamens 10. 

 Style short, immersed in the germ. Stigma auriculate, orbicu- 

 lar, with a 5-lobed disk. Filaments stipitate ; stipe discoid, 

 ciliated. Capsule 5-celled, opening from the summit, with un- 

 connected margins. 



60 MONE'SES. Calyx 5-parted. Corolla deeply 5-lobed. 

 Stamens recurved. Stigma radiate. Anthers 2-horned at the 

 base, becoming reversed, and opening at the bottom of each 

 horn. Capsule 5-celled, 5-valved, opening from the summit 

 with unconnected margins. 



61 CLADOTHA'MNUS. Calyx 5-parted. Petals 5. Anthers ad- 

 nate. Stamens 10. Stigma 5-lobed. Capsule 5-6-valved, 5-6- 

 celled ; margins of valves septiferous. Seeds small, involved in 

 a membranous aril. 



TRIBE V. 



MONOTROPE*:. Anthers \-celled. Ovarium free. Disk hy- 

 pogynous, naked. Seeds peltate. Embryo undivided. Leafless 

 parasitical herbs. 



62 HYPOPITYS. Calyx 3-5-parted. Corolla 4-5-petalled ; 

 petals or segments each with a cucullate nectariferous base. 

 Anthers small, horizontal, at length opening flat. Stigma orbi- 

 cular, with a bearded margin. Capsule 5-celled, 5-valved, 

 many-seeded. 



63 MONOIROPA. Calyx none. Corolla 5-petalled ; petals or 

 segments each with a cucullate nectariferous base ; anthers reni- 

 form, horizontal. Stigma orbicular, naked. Capsule 5-celled, 

 5-valved, many-seeded. 



64 PTEROSPORA. Calyx 5-parted. Corolla ovate, with a 

 reflexed 5-toothed border. Anthers peltate, adnate to the fila- 

 ments by the margin, bisetose. Capsule 5-celled ; placenta 5- 

 lobed. Seeds terminated each by a wing. 



65 SCHWEINITZIA. Calyx 5-cleft; segments concave, equal 

 with the corolla. Corolla campanulate, with a 5-cleft border. 

 Hypogynous disk 5-cleft. Anthers adnate to the filaments, 

 opening from the inverted base by two naked pores. Stigma 

 subglobose, internally 5-cleft. Capsule 5-celled. ? Seeds un- 

 known. 



