OCTANDRIA. 



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OCTANDRIA. 



the truncated tube of the calix. Gartner says, Calix five- 

 cleft, without intereulated scales ; corolla five-petalled ; 

 stamens ten ; capsule five-celled. 



RHEXIA Calix four-cleft; petals four, inserted into the 

 calix ; anthers declining ; capsule four-celled, within the 

 body of the calix. 



CENOTHERA, Tree Primrose Calix four-cleft; petals four; 

 capsule cylindrical, inferior; seeds naked, affixed to a 

 four-sided receptacle. 



GAURA Calix four-cleft, tubular; corolla of four petals, 

 ascending towards the upper side ; nut quadrangular, one 

 to four seeded. 



EPILOBIUM, Willow Herb Calix in four deep segments; 

 petals four; capsule oblong, inferior; seeds feathered. 



MELICOCCA Calix four-parted; petals four, bent back 

 below the calix; stigma subpeltate; drupe or berry 

 coriaceous. 



GIUSLEA Calix four-cleft; petals four, from the incisures 

 of the calix; filaments very long, ascending; capsule glo- 

 bular, superior, one-celled, containing many seeds. 



AJUYKIS, Shrubby Sweet Wood Calix four-toothed; petals 

 four, oblong ; stigmas four-cornered ; berry drupaceous. 



ALLOPHYLUS Calix four-leaved ; leaflets orbiculate, two 

 opposite smaller; petals four, less than the calix ; germs 

 twin ; stamens quadrifid. 



COMBRETUM Calix four or five toothed, bell-shaped, supe- 

 rior; corolla four or five petalled, inserted into the calix; 

 stamens very long ; seed one, four or five angled, the 

 angles membranaceous. 



FUCHSIA Calix superior, coloured, four-cleft, bearing the 

 corolla; petals four; berry of four cells ; seeds numerous. 



XIMEHIA CaLix four-cleft; petals four, hairy internally, 

 revolute at the upper part; drupe superior; nut solitary. 



MIMUSOPS Calix four-leaved; petals four; nectary six- 

 teen-leaved; drupe acuminate. Or, according to Jussieu, 

 Calix eight-parted, in two rows; corolla eight-parted, with 

 the segments entire or three-parted ; appendices eight, 

 small, like scales; drupe with one or two seeds. 



MEMECYLON Calix superior, with a striated base, and the 

 margin quite entire ; corolla four-petalled ; anthers inserted 

 into the side of the apex of the filament; berry crowned 

 with a cylindrical calix. 



LAWSONIA Calix four-cleft; petals four; stamens in four 

 pairs; capsule four-celled, many-seeded. 



VACCINIUM, Bilberry, Whortleberry, and Cranberry Calix 

 superior; corolla one-petalled ; filaments inserted into the 

 receptacle; berry four-celled, many-seeded. 



ERICA, Heath Calix of four leaves; corolla four-cleft; 

 stamens inserted into the receptacle; anthers with two 

 pores; capsules superior, of four cells; seeds numerous. 



DAPHNE, Mezereon or Spurge Laurel Calix none; corolla 

 four-cleft, corollaceous, withering, including the stamens ; 

 berry one-seeded. 



DIRCA, Leather-wood Calix none; corolla tubulous, with 

 an obscure border ; stamens longer than the tube; berry 

 one-seeded. 



GNIDEA Calix funnel-form, four-cleft; petals four, inserted 

 into the calix; seed one, somewhat berried. 



STELLERA Calix none; corolla mostly four-cleft ; stamens 

 very short; nut solitary, beaked. 



PASSERINA, Sparrow-wort Calix four-cleft; corolla none; 

 stamens placed on the tube ; seed one, corticate. 



LACHN.KA Calix none; corolla four-cleft, with an unequal 

 border ; seed one, like a berry. 



ANTICHORUS Calix four-leaved; petals four; capsule supe- 

 rior, subulate, four-celled, four-valved ; seeds very many. 



CHLORA, Yellow Centaury Calix eight-leaved; corolla one- 

 petalled, eight-cleft; capsule one-celled, two-valved, many- 

 seeded ; stigma four-cleft. 



DODONJEA Calix four-leaved ; corolla none; capsule three- 

 celled, inflated; seeds in couples. 



OPHIRA Involucre two-valved, three-flowered ; corolla four- 

 petalled, superior; berry one-celled. 



GUAREA Calix four-cleft; petals four; nectary cylindric, 

 bearing the anthers at its mouth; capsule four-celled, 

 four-valved ; seeds solitary. 



BJECKIA Calix funnel-form, five-toothed; corolla five- 

 petalled; capsule globular, four-celled, crowned. 



ATIIENJEA Calix coloured, five-parted; corolla none; bris- 

 tles eight, feathered, between the filaments ; stigma five- 

 parted ; capsule globose, one-celled, three-valved ; seeds 

 three to five. 



CEDROTA Calix six-parted ; corolla none ; germen superior, 

 surrounded by a gland ; style short. 



CLARKIA Calix four-cleft, tubulous ; corolla of four petals, 

 unguiculate, cruciately three-lobed ; stamens four, imper- 

 fect, with roundish anthers ; stigma petaloid, four-lobed ; 

 capsule four-celled. 



CUPA.NIA Calix five-leaved; petals five, cowled at the top; 

 style trifid ; capsule three-celled; seeds solitary, arilled. 



DIOSPYROS, Date-plum Hermaphrodite: calix four-cleft; 

 corolla pitcher-shaped, four-cleft; stamens eight; style 

 four-cleft; berry eight-seeded. Male: calix, corolla, and 

 stamens, of the other. 



EPHIELIS Calix in five deep segments; petals five, with 

 claws ; nectary of ten scales, two to each petal ; capsule 

 compressed, of one cell and two valves; seeds two, 

 attached to the valves. 



ERYSTATHES Calix of five leaves, inferior; petals five, 

 ovate ; berry of one cell, with four seeds. 



JEFFERSON i A Calix five-leaved, coloured, deciduous ; co- 

 rolla of eight petals, iocurvately spreading; stamens re- 

 ceptacular; capsule obovate, one-celled; seeds many, 

 oblong, arilled at the base. 



HM>WIGIA Calix four-toothed; corolla four-cleft; style 

 none ; capsule tricoccous ; seed a nut. 



MELICOPE Calix inferior, four-leaved; petals four; nectary 

 glands four, twin; capsules four, one-seeded. 



MENZIESIA Calix of one leaf; corolla monopetalous, ovate ; 

 filaments inserted upon the receptacle ; capsule superior, 

 four-celled ; seeds numerous, oblong. 



MICIIAUXIA Calix sixteen-parted ; corolla wheel-shaped, 

 eight-parted; nectary eight-valved, stameniferous ; cap- 

 sule eight-celled, many-seeded. 



OXYCOCCUS, Cranberry Calix superior; corolla four-parted ; 

 filaments connate ; anthers tubulose, semibifid ; berry many- 

 seeded. 



ROXBURGTIIA Calix four-leaved ; corolla four-petalled, in- 

 wardly keeled; nectaries four, awl-shaped; leaflets on the 

 apex of the keel, converging; anthers linear, sessile, in 

 the grooves of the keel ; capsule one-celled, two-valved ; 

 seeds many, inserted into a spongy receptacle. 



VALENTINIA Calix five-parted, coloured, spreading; co- 

 rolla none; capsule berried, four-seeded, pulpy. 



VITMANNIA Calix four-cleft ; corolla four-petalled ; nectary 

 a scale at the base of each filament; nut semi-lunar, com- 

 pressed, one-seeded. 



XYLOCARPUS, Indian Wooden Pomegranate Calix oblong', 

 with four teeth; petals four; nectary inflated, with eight 

 teeth, bearing the anthers ; drupe superior, dry, woody, 

 with four or five furrows ; nuts numerous, angular, 

 irregular. 



