554 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



wise. Stigma truncate. Leaves coriaceous. Flowers drooping, terminal, 

 racemose. 



B. Capsule with the Dehiscence scpticidal. 



PHYLLO'DOCE Sal. Calyx with 5 segments. Corolla globose, with a con- 

 tracted 5-toothed mouth. Stamens 10, not protruded. Filament? slen- 

 der, glabrous. Anthers with short truncate cells. Stigma peltate, with 

 5 tubercles. 



BRYA'NTHUS Gmel. Calyx 5-leaved, imbricate. Corolla deeply 5-parted, 

 spreading. Stamens 10, shorter than the corolla. Filaments flattened, 

 glabrous. Cells of anthers short, awned behind. Stigma obtuse. Capsule 

 5-celled. 



DABCE'C/^ D. Don. Calyx with 4 segments. Corolla oval, inflated ; its 

 mouth 4-toothed. Stamens 8, enclosed. Filaments dilated, glabrous. 

 Anthers linear, sagittate at the base, their cells parallel, loosened at the 

 apex, opening lengthwise. Stigma truncate. Capsule 4- celled. 



C. Calyx and Corolla each with 5 Segments. Stamens 10, not protruded beyond 



the Corolla. 



J'RBUTUS Camer. Corolla globose or ovate, with a small reflexed border. 

 Anthers compressed at the sides, opening at the tip by 2 pores, fixed by 

 the back beneath the tip, and there furnished with 2 reflexed awns. Ovary 

 with 5 cells, ovules in each cell many. Berry externally granulate. 



JRCTOSTA'PHYLOS Adans. All as in ^f'rbutus, except that the fruit is not 

 externally granulate, and that the cells, which are 5 in number, include 

 each but 1 seed. 



PERNE'TTY^ Gaudichaud. Corolla globose, with a revolute limb. Anthers 

 with the 2 cells 2-lobed at the tip, the lobes bifid. Hypogynous scales 10, 

 3-lobed, surrounding the ovary. Berry with 5 cells and many seeds. 



(TAULTHE'R/^ L. Corolla ovate, inflated. Anthers bifid at the tip, each 

 lobe with 2 awns. Ovary half-inferior. Hypogynous (? perigynous) scales 

 10, usually united at the base. Capsule with 5 cells, the dehiscence 

 loculicidal. 



EPIG^E V A L. Corolla salver-shaped. Capsule with 5 cells. 



CLEVHRA L. Corolla so deeply 5-parted as to seem 5-petaled. Filaments 

 membranous. Capsule with 3 cells, many seeds, and a loculicidal dehis- 

 cence. 



D. The Characteristics as under. 



PHALEROCA'RPUS D. Don. Calyx 4-cleft, with 2 bracteas at its base. Co- 

 rolla short, campanulate, 4-cleft. Stamens 8. Filaments ? hairy. Anthers 

 semibifid. Hypogynous disk 8-lobed or 8-toothed. 



Sect. II. 



Sect. Char. Calyx not connate with the ovary. Disk nectariferous, hypo- 

 gynous. Buds of inflorescence resembling strobiles in form, and in 

 being scaly. Leaves flat, callous at the extremity of the midrib. 



#HODODE'NDRON D. Don. Calyx 5-parted. Corolla somewhat funnel- 



shaped, 5-cleft. Stamens 5 10. Anthers opening by terminal pores. 



Capsule 5-Velled, 5-valved, opening at the tip. 

 KA'LM/^ L. Corolla of the shape of a wide-spread bell, and with 10 cavities 



on the inside, in which the anthers of 10 stamens repose before shedding 



their pollen. Capsule 5-celled. Dissepiments marginal. 

 MENZIE^S//* D. Don. Calyx 4-cleft. Corolla globose, 4-cleft. Stamens 8. 



Capsule 4-celled, 4-valved. 

 AZA'LEA D. Don. Calyx 5-parted Corolla bell-shaped, 5-cleft. Stamens 6. 



Cells of anthers opening lengthwise. Capsule 5-celled, 5-valved, opening 



at top. 



